To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
Source: tatoeba (1933)
Abstract
/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
Synonyms for "abstract" (648 found)
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Closest matches (130)
Noun(29 words)
outlineprecissynopsisabstract artabstract focusabstractingabstractionabstractsacademic activityacademic adviceacademic analysisacademic guidelineacademic honors ceremonyacademic importanceacademic programacademic theoretical descriptoralgebraic structureariommabook synopsisbriefs
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broad analysiscapsulescapsulingchapter summariesclass constructconceptualconceptual analysisconceptual artconceptual driven
Adjective(47 words)
abstract relationabstractionistacademic abilityacademic achievementsacademic adjectiveacademic assignmentacademic associatesacademic attributeacademic categoryacademic cohortsacademic communitiesacademic community resourcesacademic conceptacademic constitutionalismacademic descriptorsacademic discipline frameworkacademic disciplinesacademic eventacademic exerciseacademic explanation
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academic goalacademic inquiryacademic mattersacademic progressacademic projectacademic regimenacademic significanceacademic subjectacademic subjectsacademic taskacademic techniqueacademic vocabularyacademicaladvanced mathematicsalgebraicalgebraic approachalgebraic proofarmchair guessworkbrief reportconceptual approachconceptual articleconceptual atom modelconceptual categoryconceptual descriptionconceptual descriptorconceptual forceconceptual framework
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (194)
Adjective(29 words)
conceptual ideaconceptual labelconceptual linkageconceptual mechanical interactionconceptual model approachconceptual operationconceptual physicsconceptual physics homeworkconceptual proofconceptual understandingconceptualisticconcise summarycryptographic theoryformlessgeometric patternshigh levelhigher mathidealizedimmaterialimmaterial entity
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immaterial matterinstructional notionintangible ideamathematical conceptmathematical conceptsmathematical objectmathematical theorymathematical toolmatterless environment
Noun(44 words)
conceptual judgmentconceptual knowledgeconceptual mapconceptual modelconceptual model sketchconceptual planconceptual processconceptual questionconceptual tagconceptualizingcondensationscondensecontemplatecubist influenceddetachdifficult to learndigestsdistilledencapsulationsepitomes
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extractfradicinfrench théoriquefthmgeneralizegeneralizedgeometric abstractiongerman theoretischhealthcare concepthigh level modelhigh level overviewhigh level physicshigh level physics coursehigh level unitimmaterial thing propertyintangibleintangible evidenceintellectual capacityitalian teoricoless physicallogical propositionsmathematical operationmathematical symbolmelagra
Verb(14 words)
condensationcondensecondensed versionconjecturalconspectuscontractcopcopycribcropcurtailcurtailmentcutcut backcut downcut off shortcut outcut shortcycloramadaub
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decreasedeductdeepdefrauddeportdepreciatederogatedetacheddetractdigestdiminishdiptychdisconnectdisengagedisinteresteddisparagedispassionatedispose ofdissociatedivertdividedockdraftdraindraughtdraughtsmandraughtyeat awayejectelideeliminateelisionellipsisembezzleengravingepitomeepitomizeeradicateerodeesotericessenceexileexpatriateexpelextortextractextremityfeaturelessfilchfile awayforeshortenforeshorteningfrescogeneralgeneralitygeneralizedgenericget quit ofget rid ofget shut ofheadhiddenhookhypothetichypotheticaliconidealideationalilluminationillustrationimageimaginaryimpairimpersonalimpracticalindefiniteindeterminateineffableintellectualisolateleachlessenliftlikenessliquidatemake off with
Adverb(1 words)
highly theoretical modeling
Related words (324)
mentalmetaphysicalminiaturemontagemootmosaicmowmuralnebulousneutralnipnonspecificnotationnotionaloccultoutlawoutlineoverviewpalmpandect
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panoramapartphilosophicalphotographpick outpicturepilferpinchpoachpocketpoker facedpoker-facedpollpollardpostulatoryprecisprintprofoundprogrammeprunepurepurgepurifypurloinreaprecaprecapitulaterecapitulationreconditereducereductionrefineremoverepresentationreproductionresumeretrenchretrenchmentreviewridromanticroot outroot uprub awayrubricrun away withrustlescroungesecretselectionseparateshaveshearshopliftshortenshortened versionshorteningskeletonsketchsnaresnatchsnitchsnubspeculativestained glass windowstealstencilstill lifestrike offstrike outstuntsubductsubjectivesublimesubtractsum upsummarizesummarysummationsurveyswindleswipesyllabussymbolicsyncopesynopsissynopsizetableautaketake awaytake fromtake intapestrytelescopetelescopingtexttheoreticalthievethinthin outthrow overthrow overboardthumbnail sketchtopical outlinetranscendenttranscendentaltrimtriptychtruncatetruncationunapplieduncharacterizeduncoupleundemonstrableundifferentiatedunpracticalunspecifiedutopianvaguevisionarywalk off withwall paintingwear awayweedweed outwidewithdraw
Noun(74 words)
metaphysical artmodern artmore algebraicmore conceptualmore mathematicalmore nonphysicalmost academicmost academic disciplinemost idealisticmost immaterialmost nonphysicalmost theoreticalmost unobservablenon physical science unitnon symbolic artnonobjectivenonphysics contentnonrepresentationalnonrepresentational artnorwegian teoretisk
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notionalnutshellspaper modelparaphrasephilosophizingphysics conceptphysics conceptsplatonistpolitical conceptponderportuguese teóricoprecisesproof item propositionprécisremoveschematicseparateshort reportskeleton figurestring theorystudy summarystudy synopsisstylizedsummariessummarizationsummarizesummarizedsummarizingsummarysummationssymbolic calculussymbolic logicalsynopsestheological frameworktheoreticaltheoretical approachtheoretical assumptiontheoretical atom modeltheoretical biologytheoretical computer sciencetheoretical efficiency measuretheoretical exercisetheoretical onlytheoretical papertheoretical physiciststheorizetheorizingtheory basedtheory changedtoy modeltrasformazione algebricauniversity-style exerciseunmeasurable traitybit
Adjective(85 words)
metaphysical definitionnon physics relatednoncontextualnondiagrammaticnonfigurativenonfigurative stylenongeometricnonillustrativenonmaterial culturenonmaterial itemsnonobjectivenonobservationalnonphysicalnonphysical chemistrynonphysical conceptnonphysical eventnonphysical evidencenonphysical processnonphysical quantitynonspatial
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nonspatial methodsnotational conceptphilosophicphilosophicalphilosophical conceptphilosophical immaterialityphilosophical jurisprudencephilosophical theoryphysical chemistry theoryplatonicpolitical theorypolitical theory classpolitical theory discussionpsychological constructpurepure math toolspure mathematicspure solutionquick summaryrural sociology theoryscholarly termshort summaryshort-form articlespanish teóricosummary reviewtheoretictheoretical analysistheoretical argumenttheoretical backgroundtheoretical basistheoretical chemistrytheoretical claimtheoretical concepttheoretical constructtheoretical critiquetheoretical descriptortheoretical descriptor concepttheoretical descriptorstheoretical energiestheoretical energy frameworktheoretical energy potentialtheoretical evidencetheoretical frameworktheoretical ideatheoretical importancetheoretical instructiontheoretical linguisticstheoretical logictheoretical logiciantheoretical math educationtheoretical mathematicstheoretical methodstheoretical microbiologytheoretical modelingtheoretical resulttheoretical sciencetheoretical skilltheoretical studytheoretical subjecttheoretical tasktheoretical termtheoretical unittheoretical workunlifelikeunobservable concept
Verb(15 words)
Adverb(2 words)
more academic disciplinepurely conceptual education
Determiner(1 words)
theoretical model
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
34 entriesart formcognitionconceptconceptionconsiderconstructdealdescriptiondescriptordocumentgeneralizationlook atphysical actionqualityreasoningreckon
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More specific
22 entriesabstract ideaaction paintingbrief abstractcolor fieldconceptconceptualizationcubismdeductive reasoningdetach partexecutive summaryexpressionismgeometric abstractioninductive reasoningminimalismnotionoutline
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Collocations
16 entriesabstract artabstract conceptabstract ideaabstract of the reportabstract paintingabstract reasoningabstract summaryabstract thinkingabstract writingacademic abstractan abstractconcise abstractexecutive summarylengthy abstractshort abstractthe abstract
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- աբստրահել verb (to consider abstractly)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отделям verb (to separate; to disengage)
- отнемам verb (to separate; to disengage)
Catalan
1 entries- xifra noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
Dutch
4 entries- afwezig adj (absent in mind)
- algemeen adj (general as opposed to particular)
- verstrooid adj (absent in mind)
- essentie noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
Esperanto
1 entries- abstrakti verb (to consider abstractly)
Finnish
4 entries- poissaoleva adj (absent in mind)
- yleinen adj (general as opposed to particular)
- aineellistuma noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
- eristää verb (to separate; to disengage)
French
3 entries- abstrait adj (absent in mind)
- abstrait adj (general as opposed to particular)
- abstraire verb (to separate; to disengage)
German
2 entries- abstrahieren verb (to consider abstractly)
- trennen verb (to separate; to disengage)
Greek
3 entries- αφηρημένος adj (absent in mind)
- αποσπώ verb (to separate; to disengage)
- διαχωρίζω verb (to separate; to disengage)
Hindi
4 entries- निचोड noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
- अमूर्तरूपसे लेना verb (to consider abstractly)
- अलग करना verb (to separate; to disengage)
- निकाल देना verb (to separate; to disengage)
Indonesian
4 entries- abstrak noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
- sari noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
- mengabstrakkan verb (to separate; to disengage)
- mengabstrakkan verb (to consider abstractly)
Italian
3 entries- estrarre verb (to separate; to disengage)
- rimuovere verb (to separate; to disengage)
- sottrarre verb (to separate; to disengage)
Japanese
2 entries- 抽象的 adj (general as opposed to particular)
- 取る verb (to separate; to disengage)
Latvian
2 entries- atšķirt verb (to separate; to disengage)
- nošķirt verb (to separate; to disengage)
Marathi
3 entries- अमूर्तपणे घेणे verb (to consider abstractly)
- काढून टाकणे verb (to separate; to disengage)
- वेगळे करणे verb (to separate; to disengage)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- abstrakt adj (general as opposed to particular)
- distrahert adj (absent in mind)
- generell adj (general as opposed to particular)
- sammenfatning noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
Persian
2 entries- انتزاعی adj (absent in mind)
- انتزاعیدن verb (to consider abstractly)
Polish
2 entries- odciągać verb (to separate; to disengage)
- odciągnąć verb (to separate; to disengage)
Portuguese
4 entries- abstrato adj (absent in mind)
- abstrato adj (general as opposed to particular)
- desatento adj (absent in mind)
- distraído adj (absent in mind)
Quechua
1 entries- llulmiy verb (to separate; to disengage)
Romanian
2 entries- concentrat noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
- esență noun (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else)
Spanish
3 entries- abstraer verb (to separate; to disengage)
- abstraer verb (to consider abstractly)
- retirar verb (to separate; to disengage)
Swedish
4 entries- abstrahera verb (to separate; to disengage)
- skilja av verb (to separate; to disengage)
- skilja ut verb (to separate; to disengage)
- ta bort verb (to separate; to disengage)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַבסטראַהירן verb (to consider abstractly)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
The theory is too abstract for me.
Source: tatoeba (43489)
The new theory is too abstract for ordinary people.
Source: tatoeba (46101)
Your explanation is too abstract to me.
Source: tatoeba (70493)
Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.