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abstract

adjectivenounB1 · Intermediate

About ideas, not real things you can touch.

Meanings of «abstract»

1 · adjective

about ideas, not real things you can touch

Freedom is an abstract idea that is hard to define.

2 · noun

a short summary at the start of a research paper

Please read the abstract before you read the whole paper.

Similar: summarysynopsisoverview

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«abstract» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

about ideas, not real things
abstractan idea, not something you can touchFreedom is an abstract idea.
conceptualabout ideas and conceptsShe studies conceptual art.
theoreticalbased on theory, not on real practiceHe has only theoretical knowledge of cooking.
hypotheticalimagined, not a real situationLet us think about a hypothetical case.

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