Standard Lemma guide

abstract

adj · noun · verb · 43 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ækt
  • General-American: /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • General-American: /əbˈstɹækt/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæbˈstɹækt/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹækt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 B S T R AE1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 B S T R AE2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Derived; extracted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible, nonempirical, theoretical

Antonyms: actual, concrete, corporeal, empirical

4

adj

Meaning 4

Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

Insufficiently factual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible, nonempirical, theoretical, formal

Antonyms: actual, concrete, corporeal, empirical

5

adj

Meaning 5

Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible, nonempirical, theoretical

Antonyms: actual, concrete, corporeal, empirical, applied, practical

6

adj

Meaning 6

Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conceptual, ideal, imaginary, incorporeal, intangible, nonempirical, theoretical

Antonyms: actual, concrete, corporeal, empirical

7

adj

Meaning 7

Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abstruse

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attributive, ascriptive

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: general, generalized, generic, nonspecific, representational

Antonyms: discrete, specific, particular, precise

10

adj

Meaning 10

Absent-minded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

Topics: art, arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Absolute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: art, arts, entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adj

Meaning 13

Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

Lacking a story.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: art, arts, dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adj

Meaning 14

Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: object-oriented programming

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

Concentrated essence of a product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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20

noun

Meaning 20

The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

An abstract work of art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: art, arts

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, real-estate

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To separate; to disengage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To separate; to disengage.

To remove; to take away; withdraw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To separate; to disengage.

To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To separate; to disengage.

To extract by means of distillation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To separate; to disengage.

To draw off (interest or attention).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He was wholly abstracted by other objects.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To separate; to disengage.

To withdraw oneself; to retire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive, literally, reflexive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To separate; to disengage.

To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To separate; to disengage.

To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To separate; to disengage.

To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

To perform the process of abstraction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To separate; to disengage.

To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

To create abstractions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Qualifier: fine arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To separate; to disengage.

To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.

To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • He abstracted out the square root function.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

adjective

Meaning 35

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • abstract words like `truth' and `justice'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: concrete

36

adjective satellite

Meaning 36

dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • abstract reasoning
  • abstract science

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

adjective satellite

Meaning 37

not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a large abstract painting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective

Antonyms: none provided

38

noun

Meaning 38

a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he loved her only in the abstract--not in person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abstraction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: concept, conception, construct

Narrower terms: right, absolute, teacher, thing

39

noun

Meaning 39

a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outline, synopsis, precis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: summary, sum-up

Narrower terms: brief, apercu, epitome

40

verb

Meaning 40

consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: see, consider, reckon, view, regard

41

verb

Meaning 41

consider apart from a particular case or instance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Let's abstract away from this particular example

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consider, take, deal, look at

42

verb

Meaning 42

give an abstract (of)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sum up, summarize, summarise, resume

43

verb

Meaning 43

make off with belongings of others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: steal

History

Etymology

From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.

Across languages

Translations

417 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: onttrokken — extracted
  • Finnish: uutettu — extracted
  • Spanish: abstracto — extracted
  • Dutch: afgezonderd — separate
  • Dutch: gescheiden — separate
  • Finnish: erillinen — separate
  • French: abstrait — separate
  • Italian: teorico — separate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — separate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: separat — separate
  • Portuguese: abstrato — separate
  • Russian: абстра́ктный (abstráktnyj) — separate
  • Spanish: abstracto — separate
  • Swedish: abstrakt — separate
  • Dutch: afwezig — absent in mind
  • Dutch: verstrooid — absent in mind
  • Finnish: poissaoleva — absent in mind
  • French: abstrait — absent in mind
  • Greek: αφηρημένος (afiriménos) — absent in mind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: distrahert — absent in mind
  • Persian: انتزاعی — absent in mind
  • Portuguese: distraído — absent in mind
  • Portuguese: desatento — absent in mind
  • Portuguese: abstrato — absent in mind
  • Arabic: مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Arabic: تَجْرِيدِيّ (tajrīdiyy) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Arabic: مُجَرَّد (mujarrad) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Armenian: վերացական (veracʻakan) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Armenian: աբստրակտ (abstrakt) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Asturian: astrautu — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Azerbaijani: mücərrəd — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Basque: abstraktu — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Belarusian: абстра́ктны (abstráktny) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Bulgarian: абстрактен (abstrakten) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Bulgarian: отвлечен (otvlečen) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Catalan: abstracte — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Chinese Cantonese: 抽象 (cau1 zoeng6) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Chinese: 抽象 (zh-min-nan) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抽象 (chōuxiàng) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Czech: abstraktní — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Czech: odtažitý — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Dutch: abstract — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Dutch: theoretisch — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Esperanto: abstrakta — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Estonian: abstraktne — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Finnish: teoreettinen — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Finnish: abstrakti — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • French: abstrait — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Galician: abstracto — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • German: abstrakt — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Greek: θεωρητικός (theoritikós) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Gujarati: અમૂર્ત (amūrt) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Hindi: भाववाचक (bhāvvācak) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Hungarian: absztrakt — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Italian: astratto — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Italian: teorico — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Japanese: 抽象的 (chūshōteki) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Kazakh: дерексіз (dereksız) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Kazakh: абстрактылы (abstraktyly) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Kazakh: абстрактілі (abstraktılı) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Korean: 추상적 (chusangjeok) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Latvian: abstrakts — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Lithuanian: abstraktus — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Malay: abstrak — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Malay: niskala — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Malayalam: അമൂർത്ത (amūṟtta) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Māori: tūrehurehu — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Polish: abstrakcyjny — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Portuguese: abstrato — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Romanian: abstract — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Russian: абстра́ктный (abstráktnyj) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Russian: отвлечённый (otvlečónnyj) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Northern Sami: abstrákta — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Sanskrit: विषयविविक्त (viṣayavivikta) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Slovene: abstrakten — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Spanish: abstracto — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Swedish: abstrakt — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Swedish: teoretisk — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Tagalog: basal — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Thai: นาม (naam) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Turkish: soyut — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Turkish: abstre — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Ukrainian: абстра́ктний (abstráktnyj) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Vietnamese: trừu tượng — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Yiddish: אַבסטראַקט (abstrakt) — apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Bulgarian: неразбираем (nerazbiraem) — difficult to understand
  • Catalan: abstracte — difficult to understand
  • Dutch: abstract — difficult to understand
  • Dutch: vaag — difficult to understand
  • Dutch: algemeen — difficult to understand
  • Finnish: vaikeaselkoinen — difficult to understand
  • Finnish: abstrakti — difficult to understand
  • French: abstrait — difficult to understand
  • Greek: δυσνόητος (dysnóitos) — difficult to understand
  • Italian: astruso — difficult to understand
  • Latvian: grūti saprotams — difficult to understand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uforståelig — difficult to understand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — difficult to understand
  • Polish: abstrakcyjny — difficult to understand
  • Portuguese: complicado — difficult to understand
  • Portuguese: difícil — difficult to understand
  • Spanish: abstracto — difficult to understand
  • Swedish: djupsinnig — difficult to understand
  • Swedish: svårfattlig — difficult to understand
  • Catalan: abstracte — art: free from representational qualities
  • Dutch: abstract — art: free from representational qualities
  • Esperanto: abstrakta — art: free from representational qualities
  • Finnish: abstrakti — art: free from representational qualities
  • French: abstrait — art: free from representational qualities
  • German: abstrakt — art: free from representational qualities
  • Greek: αφηρημένος (afiriménos) — art: free from representational qualities
  • Icelandic: abstrakt — art: free from representational qualities
  • Japanese: 抽象的 (chūshōteki) — art: free from representational qualities
  • Malayalam: അമൂർത്ത (amūṟtta) — art: free from representational qualities
  • Māori: tūrehurehu — art: free from representational qualities
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — art: free from representational qualities
  • Polish: abstrakcyjny — art: free from representational qualities
  • Portuguese: abstrato — art: free from representational qualities
  • Slovene: abstrakten — art: free from representational qualities
  • Spanish: abstracto — art: free from representational qualities
  • Dutch: algemeen — general as opposed to particular
  • Finnish: yleinen — general as opposed to particular
  • French: abstrait — general as opposed to particular
  • Japanese: 抽象的 (chūshōteki) — general as opposed to particular
  • Norwegian Bokmål: generell — general as opposed to particular
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — general as opposed to particular
  • Portuguese: abstrato — general as opposed to particular
  • Arabic: مُلَخَّص (mulaḵḵaṣ) — an abridgement or summary
  • Arabic: حاصِل (ḥāṣil) — an abridgement or summary
  • Bulgarian: абстра́кт (abstrákt) — an abridgement or summary
  • Bulgarian: резюме́ (rezjumé) — an abridgement or summary
  • Bulgarian: авторефера́т (avtoreferát) — an abridgement or summary
  • Catalan: resum — an abridgement or summary
  • Catalan: extracte — an abridgement or summary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摘要 (zhāiyào) — an abridgement or summary
  • Czech: výtah — an abridgement or summary
  • Czech: shrnutí — an abridgement or summary
  • Danish: abstrakt — an abridgement or summary
  • Danish: resume — an abridgement or summary
  • Dutch: samenvatting — an abridgement or summary
  • Dutch: korte inhoud — an abridgement or summary
  • Dutch: resumé — an abridgement or summary
  • Esperanto: resumo — an abridgement or summary
  • Estonian: kokkuvõte — an abridgement or summary
  • Finnish: tiivistelmä — an abridgement or summary
  • French: résumé — an abridgement or summary
  • Galician: resumo — an abridgement or summary
  • German: Auszug — an abridgement or summary
  • German: Zusammenfassung — an abridgement or summary
  • Greek: περίληψη (perílipsi) — an abridgement or summary
  • Greek: επιτομή (epitomí) — an abridgement or summary
  • Greek: σύνοψη (sýnopsi) — an abridgement or summary
  • Hindi: सारांश (sārāñś) — an abridgement or summary
  • Hindi: निचोड (nicoḍ) — an abridgement or summary
  • Indonesian: ikhtisar — an abridgement or summary
  • Indonesian: abstrak — an abridgement or summary
  • Irish: achomaireacht — an abridgement or summary
  • Irish: coimriú — an abridgement or summary
  • Italian: estratto — an abridgement or summary
  • Italian: sunto — an abridgement or summary
  • Italian: compendio — an abridgement or summary
  • Italian: riassunto — an abridgement or summary
  • Japanese: 概要 (gaiyō) — an abridgement or summary
  • Japanese: 要約 (yōyaku) — an abridgement or summary
  • Kazakh: реферат (referat) — an abridgement or summary
  • Lao: ບົດຄັດຫຍໍ້ (bot khat nyǭ) — an abridgement or summary
  • Latvian: rezumējums — an abridgement or summary
  • Latvian: kopsavilkums — an abridgement or summary
  • Māori: whakarāpopoto — an abridgement or summary
  • Marathi: सारांश (sārāuśa) — an abridgement or summary
  • Marathi: गोषवारा (goṣvārā) — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrakt — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppsummering — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: referat — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammendrag — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utdrag — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: resymé — an abridgement or summary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekstrakt — an abridgement or summary
  • Polish: streszczenie — an abridgement or summary
  • Polish: podsumowanie — an abridgement or summary
  • Polish: abstrakt — an abridgement or summary
  • Portuguese: resumo — an abridgement or summary
  • Portuguese: sumário — an abridgement or summary
  • Romanian: rezumat — an abridgement or summary
  • Romanian: conspect — an abridgement or summary
  • Romanian: extras — an abridgement or summary
  • Russian: конспе́кт (konspékt) — an abridgement or summary
  • Russian: рефера́т (referát) — an abridgement or summary
  • Russian: сино́псис (sinópsis) — an abridgement or summary
  • Serbo-Croatian: саже́так — an abridgement or summary
  • Serbo-Croatian: sažétak — an abridgement or summary
  • Spanish: resumen — an abridgement or summary
  • Spanish: extracto — an abridgement or summary
  • Swahili: ikisiri — an abridgement or summary
  • Swedish: referat — an abridgement or summary
  • Swedish: sammandrag — an abridgement or summary
  • Swedish: sammanfattning — an abridgement or summary
  • Swedish: utdrag — an abridgement or summary
  • Swedish: abstrakt — an abridgement or summary
  • Thai: บทคัดย่อ — an abridgement or summary
  • Turkish: özetçe — an abridgement or summary
  • Catalan: xifra — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Dutch: essentie — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Finnish: aineellistuma — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Hindi: निचोड (nicoḍ) — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Indonesian: abstrak — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Indonesian: sari — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammenfatning — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Romanian: concentrat — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Romanian: esență — something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Bulgarian: абстра́кция (abstrákcija) — an abstraction
  • Bulgarian: отвлечено понятие (otvlečeno ponjatie) — an abstraction
  • Catalan: abstracció — an abstraction
  • Dutch: abstractie — an abstraction
  • Dutch: abstracte term — an abstraction
  • Dutch: abstract begrip — an abstraction
  • Finnish: käsite — an abstraction
  • Finnish: abstraktio — an abstraction
  • Galician: abstracción — an abstraction
  • Greek: αφαίρεση (afaíresi) — an abstraction
  • Hindi: अमूर्त (amūrt) — an abstraction
  • Italian: astrazione — an abstraction
  • Japanese: 抽象 (chūshō) — an abstraction
  • Latvian: abstrakcija — an abstraction
  • Latvian: abstrakts jēdziens — an abstraction
  • Marathi: अमूर्त (amūrta) — an abstraction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstraksjon — an abstraction
  • Persian: انتزاع — an abstraction
  • Polish: abstrakt — an abstraction
  • Polish: abstrakcja — an abstraction
  • Portuguese: abstração — an abstraction
  • Romanian: abstracție — an abstraction
  • Russian: абстра́кция (abstrákcija) — an abstraction
  • Serbo-Croatian: апстра̀кција — an abstraction
  • Serbo-Croatian: apstràkcija — an abstraction
  • Spanish: abstracción — an abstraction
  • Bulgarian: абстра́кция (abstrákcija) — an abstract work of art
  • Dutch: abstract kunstwerk — an abstract work of art
  • Finnish: abstrakti teos — an abstract work of art
  • Galician: obra abstracta — an abstract work of art
  • Greek: αφηρημένη τέχνη (afiriméni téchni) — an abstract work of art
  • Hindi: अमूर्त (amūrt) — an abstract work of art
  • Indonesian: abstrak — an abstract work of art
  • Japanese: 抽象派の (chūshōhano) — an abstract work of art
  • Māori: toi tūrehurehu — an abstract work of art
  • Marathi: अमूर्त (amūrta) — an abstract work of art
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstraksjon — an abstract work of art
  • Polish: abstrakcja — an abstract work of art
  • Portuguese: abstração — an abstract work of art
  • Romanian: abstracție — an abstract work of art
  • Spanish: arte abstracto — an abstract work of art
  • Swedish: abstrakt — an abstract work of art
  • Dutch: abstract iets — that which is abstract
  • Dutch: abstract begrip — that which is abstract
  • Esperanto: abstraktaĵo — that which is abstract
  • Finnish: käsite — that which is abstract
  • Hindi: अमूर्त (amūrt) — that which is abstract
  • Italian: astratto — that which is abstract
  • Japanese: 抽象的 (chūshōteki) — that which is abstract
  • Marathi: अमूर्त (amūrta) — that which is abstract
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstraksjon — that which is abstract
  • Polish: abstrakcja — that which is abstract
  • Portuguese: abstração — that which is abstract
  • Swedish: abstrakt — that which is abstract
  • Bulgarian: екстра́кт (ekstrákt) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Czech: výtažek — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Dutch: uittreksel — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Finnish: uute — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Greek: εκχύλισμα (ekchýlisma) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Greek: απόσταγμα (apóstagma) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Hindi: निचोड (nicoḍ) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Japanese: 抽出 (chūshutsu) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Marathi: सत्त्व (sattva) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekstrakt — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Portuguese: extrato — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Romanian: extract — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Russian: экстра́кт (ekstrákt) — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѐкстракт — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Serbo-Croatian: èkstrakt — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Spanish: extracto — an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Bulgarian: отделям (otdeljam) — to separate; to disengage
  • Bulgarian: отнемам (otnemam) — to separate; to disengage
  • Dutch: afzonderen — to separate; to disengage
  • Finnish: eristää — to separate; to disengage
  • Finnish: erottaa — to separate; to disengage
  • French: abstraire — to separate; to disengage
  • German: trennen — to separate; to disengage
  • Greek: αποσπώ (apospó) — to separate; to disengage
  • Greek: διαχωρίζω (diachorízo) — to separate; to disengage
  • Hindi: अलग करना (alag karnā) — to separate; to disengage
  • Hindi: निकाल देना (nikāl denā) — to separate; to disengage
  • Indonesian: mengabstrakkan — to separate; to disengage
  • Italian: rimuovere — to separate; to disengage
  • Italian: sottrarre — to separate; to disengage
  • Italian: estrarre — to separate; to disengage
  • Japanese: 取る (toru) — to separate; to disengage
  • Latvian: atšķirt — to separate; to disengage
  • Latvian: nošķirt — to separate; to disengage
  • Marathi: वेगळे करणे (vegḷe karṇe) — to separate; to disengage
  • Marathi: काढून टाकणे (kāḍhūn ṭākṇe) — to separate; to disengage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: separere — to separate; to disengage
  • Polish: odciągać — to separate; to disengage
  • Polish: odciągnąć — to separate; to disengage
  • Portuguese: abstrair — to separate; to disengage
  • Portuguese: retirar — to separate; to disengage
  • Quechua: llulmiy — to separate; to disengage
  • Spanish: abstraer — to separate; to disengage
  • Spanish: retirar — to separate; to disengage
  • Swedish: abstrahera — to separate; to disengage
  • Swedish: skilja av — to separate; to disengage
  • Swedish: skilja ut — to separate; to disengage
  • Swedish: ta bort — to separate; to disengage
  • Bulgarian: изваждам (izvaždam) — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Dutch: terugtrekken — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Finnish: vetää — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • German: entziehen — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Greek: αφαιρώ (afairó) — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Greek: αποσύρω (aposýro) — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Hindi: पिछे आना (piche ānā) — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Marathi: मागे येणे (māge yeṇe) — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjerne — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utta — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Polish: odciągać — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Polish: odciągnąć — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Portuguese: tirar — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Portuguese: retirar — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Spanish: quitar — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Spanish: retirar — to remove; to take away; to withdraw
  • Bulgarian: отмъквам (otmǎkvam) — to steal
  • Dutch: ontvreemden — to steal
  • Finnish: poistaa — to steal
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to steal
  • Greek: κλέβω (klévo) — to steal
  • Greek: υπεξαιρώ (ypexairó) — to steal
  • Italian: sottrarre — to steal
  • Latvian: nozagt — to steal
  • Latvian: nočiept — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjele — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjuve — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rane — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tæsje — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: røve — to steal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naske — to steal
  • Portuguese: roubar — to steal
  • Swedish: knycka — to steal
  • Swedish: stjäla — to steal
  • Swedish: nalla — to steal
  • Swedish: sno — to steal
  • Dutch: abstraheren — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Finnish: abstrahoida — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Hindi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करना (amūrt kalākŕtī karnā) — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Marathi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करणे (amūrta kalākŕtī karṇe) — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrahere — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Portuguese: abstrair — to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Dutch: samenvatten — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Finnish: tiivistää — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • French: abstraire — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Greek: συνοψίζω (synopsízo) — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Hindi: सारांश करना (sārāñś karnā) — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Indonesian: mengabstrakkan — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Italian: riassumere — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Marathi: सारांश करणे (sārāuśa karṇe) — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppsummere — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Portuguese: resumir — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Portuguese: sumariar — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Spanish: resumir — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Swedish: göra sammandrag av — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Swedish: sammanfatta — to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Armenian: աբստրահել (abstrahel) — to consider abstractly
  • Dutch: abstraheren — to consider abstractly
  • Esperanto: abstrakti — to consider abstractly
  • Finnish: tuumia — to consider abstractly
  • German: abstrahieren — to consider abstractly
  • Hindi: अमूर्तरूपसे लेना (amūrtarūpse lenā) — to consider abstractly
  • Hungarian: absztrahál — to consider abstractly
  • Indonesian: mengabstrakkan — to consider abstractly
  • Marathi: अमूर्तपणे घेणे (amūrtapṇe gheṇe) — to consider abstractly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fundere — to consider abstractly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spekulere — to consider abstractly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: filosofere — to consider abstractly
  • Persian: انتزاعیدن — to consider abstractly
  • Portuguese: abstrair — to consider abstractly
  • Spanish: abstraer — to consider abstractly
  • Yiddish: אַבסטראַהירן (abstrahirn) — to consider abstractly
  • Bulgarian: отвличам (otvličam) — to draw off
  • Dutch: afleiden — to draw off
  • Finnish: viedä huomio — to draw off
  • Greek: αφαιρούμαι (afairoúmai) — to draw off
  • Polish: odciągać — to draw off
  • Polish: odciągnąć — to draw off
  • Portuguese: abstrair — to draw off
  • Dutch: onttrekken — to extract by means of distillation
  • Finnish: uuttaa — to extract by means of distillation
  • French: distiller — to extract by means of distillation
  • Greek: αποστάζω (apostázo) — to extract by means of distillation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: destillere — to extract by means of distillation
  • Polish: odciągać — to extract by means of distillation
  • Polish: odciągnąć — to extract by means of distillation
  • Portuguese: destilar — to extract by means of distillation
  • Dutch: zich terugtrekken — to withdraw oneself
  • Finnish: vetäytyä — to withdraw oneself
  • French: se retirer — to withdraw oneself
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjerne seg — to withdraw oneself
  • Spanish: abstraerse — to withdraw oneself
  • Dutch: abstraheren — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Finnish: abstrahoida — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Hindi: अमूर्तिकरन करना (amūrtikran karnā) — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Indonesian: mengabstrakkan — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Italian: astrarre — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Marathi: अमूर्तिकरण करणे (amūrtikraṇ karṇe) — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abstrahere — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Polish: abstrahować — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Polish: wyabstrahować — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Portuguese: abstrair — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Russian: абстраги́ровать (abstragírovatʹ) — to perform the process of abstraction
  • Swedish: abstrahera — to perform the process of abstraction
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