Synonym: difficult, remove, take away. Similar words: distract, attract, contract, contractor, attraction, attractive, abstinence, obstreperous. Meaning: ['æbstrækt] 
n. 1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. v. 1. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically 2. make off with belongings of others 3. consider apart from a particular case or instance 4. give an abstract (of). adj. 1. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment 2. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature 3. dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention.
n. 1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance 2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. v. 1. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically 2. make off with belongings of others 3. consider apart from a particular case or instance 4. give an abstract (of). adj. 1. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment 2. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature 3. dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention. 
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181. He did a lot of abstract art in the sixties, but he's moved on since then.
182. We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time.
183. To the Milesians, however, the opposites were not abstract qualities, on a par with numbers, but concrete stuffs.
184. A further example of abstract form which is not mere pattern is Tantric art.
185. A good abstract painting is an experiment I don't have to conduct because some one has done it for me.
186. Develop a very brief abstract to be no longer than one single page describing the project.
187. We now come to the final stage in the Johnston and McClelland model - abstract word detection.
188. The abstract idea of the Rechtsstaat must not be set above the values which it is designed to defend.
189. The titles of these essays indicate that the terms in which historians were writing about abstract expressionism had refocused art history.
190. In the context of post-war uncertainty it is relatively easy to relate existentialism to abstract expressionism.
191. By about 1930 she had ceased painting, though for several more years she made small, colourful, increasingly abstract water-colours.
192. In 1901, Gorsky was inspired by Glinka's Valse Fantaisie to create the first abstract ballet.
193. The dominance of abstract expressionism has been buttressed by an impressive degree of partisanship and an illusion of consensus.
194. For some, and by any abstract test not the most important, debt is greatly encouraged.
195. This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available.
196. At the next stage - abstract letter detection - all twenty-six letters of the alphabet are represented by individual letter detectors.
197. There are formal operational thinkers - those who immediately grasp the abstract form of the problem and solve it quickly and easily.
198. As she gets older; she may have difficulty comprehending abstract concepts that are communicated through what she hears.
199. Generally this is perceived, not in the abstract, but by listing the failings of Catholic countries.
200. Designing elegant systems in the abstract is not much use.
201. This is more than an abstract exercise in bookkeeping, because we protect only what we value.
202. In his abstract ballets or interpretations of music, he rarely worried about the mood or emotional content of the music.
203. You might have thought that, in the abstract, the immediate prospect was attractive.
204. Lately I have been studying the paintings of an abstract expressionist named Diebenkorn.
205. O'Hara's list of friends reads like a Who's Who of abstract expressionism.
206. Really I prefer abstract art, but it's more difficult to sell.
207. Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions.
208. Sean Scully is one senior abstract painter whose work is both personal and ostentatious.
209. We frequently telephone asking him to illustrate some obscure or abstract concept.
210. For the most part,(www.Sentencedict.com) Alvin could not help but imbue the most abstract of movements with drama and emotion.
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