abstract
/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.14 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
noun
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
noun
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
noun
An abstract work of art.
Example Sentences
- "An analysis and abstract of every treatise he had read."
- "Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled."
- "Thus the concrete like has its abstract likeness; the concretes, father and son, have the abstracts, paternity and filiation."
- "The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light."
- "Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction."
- "During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy),[…]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: abstract, abstractus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
- British English: /ˈæbˌstɹækt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
abstracts (plural)
more abstract (comparative)
abstracter (comparative)
most abstract (superlative)
abstractest (superlative)
abstracts (present, singular)
abstracting (participle, present)
abstracted (participle, past)
abstracted (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
abstracted (first person, past)