abstract

[ˈæbstrækt]

Definition:
1. A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance.
2. An abstract work of art.
3. A summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech.

Use 'abstract' in a sentence:

1. The cloud is an abstract notion of a loosely connected group of computers working together to perform some task or service that appears as if it is being fulfilled by a single entity.
2. You can abstract this out with yet another convenience function, shown in Listing 5.
3. It is possible to abstract several good points from his discussion.
4. It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
5. He weaves most of this into the narrative rather than defining abstract rules.
6. He is an abstract artist.
7. He read through the papers and made an abstract of their contents.
8. The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills.
9. Not some theoretical, abstract cost, but a real cost.
10. The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
11. Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.
12. Equally, every painting, however realistic, is an abstract.
13. Don't speak in such abstract terms.