abstract
adj//əbˈstɹækt//abstrakt, teoretisk, djupsinnig, svårfattlig, sammanfattning, referat, sammandrag, utdrag, abstrahera, skilja av, skilja ut, ta bort, knycka, nalla, sno, stjäla, sammanfatta
(now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
(arts) An abstract work of art. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
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.
(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]