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abstract
noun
1 abstract
A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance:
— He loved her only in the abstract--not in person.
synonym: abstraction.
Dutch: abstract, abstractie
Polish: abstrakcja
2 abstract
A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis.
Roget 596:
compend,
compendium;
abstract,
precis,
epitome,
multum in parvo [Lat.],
analysis,
pandect†,
digest,
sum and substance,
brief,
abridgment,
summary,
apercu,
draft,
minute,
note;
excerpt;
synopsis,
textbook,
conspectus,
outlines,
syllabus,
contents,
heads,
prospectus.
album;
scrap book,
note book,
memorandum book,
commonplace book;
extracts,
excerpta†,
cuttings;
fugitive pieces,
fugitive writing;
spicilegium†,
flowers,
anthology,
collectanea†,
analecta†;
compilation.
recapitulation,
resume,
review.
abbreviation,
abbreviature†;
contraction;
shortening
etc.
201;
compression
etc.
195.
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Dutch: uittreksel, korte inhoud, abstractie, samenvatting, grondtrek, hoofdlijn
Polish: abstrakt
verb
1 abstract
Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically.
Roget 596:
abridge,
abstract,
epitomize,
summarize;
make an abstract,
prepare an abstract,
draw an abstract,
compile an abstract
etc.
n..
recapitulate,
review,
skim,
run over,
sum up.
abbreviate
etc.
(shorten)
201;
condense
etc.
(compress)
195;
compile
etc.
(collect)
72.
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Roget 572:
be concise
etc.
adj.;
condense
etc.
195;
abridge
etc.
201;
abstract
etc.
596;
come to the point.
Dutch: abstraheren
2 abstract
Make off with belongings of others.
synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe ... show more.
Roget 789:
take,
catch,
hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket,
put into one's pocket;
receive;
accept.
reap,
crop,
cull,
pluck;
gather
etc.
(get)
775;
draw.
appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate†;
assume,
possess oneself of;
take possession of;
commandeer;
lay one's hands on,
clap one's hands on;
help oneself to;
make free with,
dip one's hands into,
lay under contribution;
intercept;
scramble for;
deprive of.
take away,
carry away,
bear away,
take off,
carry off,
bear off;
adeem†;
abstract;
hurry off with,
run away with;
abduct;
steal
etc.
791;
ravish;
seize;
pounce upon,
spring upon;
swoop to,
swoop down upon;
take by storm,
take by assault;
snatch,
reave†.
snap up,
nip up,
whip up,
catch up;
kidnap,
crimp,
capture,
lay violent hands on.
get hold of,
lay hold of,
take hold of,
catch hold of,
lay fast hold of,
take firm hold of;
lay by the heels,
take prisoner;
fasten upon,
grip,
grapple,
embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle,
take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench,
make sure of.
catch at,
jump at,
make a grab at,
snap at,
snatch at;
reach,
make a long arm,
stretch forth one's hand.
take from,
take away from;
disseize†;
deduct
etc.
38;
retrench
etc.
(curtail)
201;
dispossess,
ease one of,
snatch from one's grasp;
tear from,
tear away from,
wrench from,
wrest from,
wring from;
extort;
deprive of,
bereave;
disinherit,
cut off with a shilling.
oust
etc.
(eject)
297;
divest;
levy,
distrain,
confiscate;
sequester,
sequestrate;
accroach†;
usurp;
despoil,
strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume†,
impoverish,
eat out of house and home;
drain,
drain to the dregs;
gut,
dry,
exhaust,
swallow up;
absorb
etc.
(suck in)
296;
draw off;
suck the blood of,
suck like a leech.
retake,
resume;
recover
etc.
775.
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Roget 791:
steal,
thieve,
rob,
mug,
purloin,
pilfer,
filch,
prig,
bag,
nim†,
crib,
cabbage,
palm;
abstract;
appropriate,
plagiarize.
convey away,
carry off,
abduct,
kidnap,
crimp;
make off with,
walk off with,
run off with;
run away with;
spirit away,
seize
etc.
(lay violent hands on)
789.
plunder,
pillage,
rifle,
sack,
loot,
ransack,
spoil,
spoliate†,
despoil,
strip,
sweep,
gut,
forage,
levy blackmail,
pirate,
pickeer†,
maraud,
lift cattle,
poach;
smuggle,
run;
badger [Slang];
bail up,
hold up,
stick up;
bunco,
bunko,
filibuster.
swindle,
peculate,
embezzle;
sponge,
mulct,
rook,
bilk,
pluck,
pigeon,
fleece;
defraud
etc.
545;
obtain under false pretenses;
live by one's wits.
rob Peter to pay Paul,
borrow of Peter to pay Paul;
set a thief to catch a thief.
disregard the distinction between meum and disregard the distinction between meum and tuum [Lat.].
[receive stolen goods]
fence,
launder,
launder money.
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Dutch: verdonkeremanen, ontwenden, stelen, ontvreemden
3 abstract
Consider apart from a particular case or instance.
4 abstract
adjective
1 abstract
Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment.
Roget 44:
disjoined
etc.
v.;
discontinuous
etc.
70;
multipartite†,
abstract;
disjunctive;
secant;
isolated
etc.
v.;
insular,
separate,
disparate,
discrete,
apart,
asunder,
far between,
loose,
free;
unattached,
unannexed,
unassociated,
unconnected;
distinct;
adrift;
straggling;
rift,
reft†.
[capable of being cut]
scissile [Chem],
divisible,
discerptible†,
partible,
separable.
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2 abstract
Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature:
— A large abstract painting.
synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective.
Polish: abstrakcyjny, abstrakcjonistyczny
3 abstract
Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention.
Polish: abstrakcyjny
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