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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211. All historical writings, even those which deal with complicated and abstract ideas, narrate stories about people and their lives.
212. But the most effective way of exploring this difficult question is not in abstract, supra-historical terms.
213. One of the reasons is, I think, that there was a kind of tension between abstract art and decoration.
214. The robe is a richly patterned 7-by-10-foot cotton cloth whose abstract symbols represent the powers and obligations of kingship.
215. Bethany poised over the bed, a slight abstract frown clouding her face.
216. Lakoff and several others in his field have demonstrated, how-ever, that nearly all conceptual and abstract thought is structured metaphorically.
217. In order to provide coherent explanations for developments in family law general and abstract perspectives must be introduced.
218. It is obvious that affective factors are involved even in the most abstract forms of intelligence.
219. He even found himself liking the gunman in an abstract way, despite Gomez's future role as his executioner.
220. Taking the first question first, an answer can at least be given in abstract terms.
221. Like Watson, Carr has assembled generous visual material on the best-known artists of abstract expressionism, especially Pollock and de Kooning.
222. Frequently we abstract from this covenant by singling out the Ten Commandments and ignoring much of the remainder of the Mosaic code.
223. Far from hanging on to its radical credentials, abstract expressionism was seen by many to have sedimented into mainstream orthodoxy.
224. By the age of about seven, children are capable of abstract thought.
225. But when I became an adult,(sentencedict.com) I began to see the importance of those abstract principles in a personal way.
226. In generative phonology, the claim is that, at the abstract level, vowels are simply tense or lax.
227. The abstract models presented in Figure 9. 1 are our starting point for understanding the idea of a political economy.
228. As we shall see, there are problems inherent in trying to give shape to such an abstract concept as political culture.
229. The foyer and staircase are hung with Mondrian-inspired abstract paintings.
230. Abstract:Linguistic knowledge is a polysemantic term with complex connotations.
231. Kandinsky seeks to establish pure aesthetics through abstract art.
232. The deadline for abstract submission is Dec. 8, 2006.
233. Abstract: Species diversity is an important part of biodiversity.
234. It defines a single, abstract method, click.
235. The issue of objective model of administrative procedural law is the most abstract as well as the most basic theoretical one in its legislation.
236. Abstract: The study of constant acceleration test was presented, and the problems in test were discussed.
237. Abstract:Take the Sorbus tianschanica Ruper as raw material to determine different parts of terpenoids content.
237. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
238. ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE To study the preparing microemulsion by conductance and pseudo-ternary phase diagram, and to research its phase behavior.
239. Abstract: The development, structure performance and new technology application of such large-scale open pit loading equipment as electric shovel, hydraulic excavator and wheel loader were described.
240. As a result, some basic functionality was implemented in the generic package in an abstract base class called javax.servlet.
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