abstract

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. theoretical, metaphysical; abstruse, recondite. —v. excerpt (from); remove, steal. —n. compendium, summary, epitome, précis, abridgment. See supposition, stealing, shortness.Ant., restore; combine; concrete.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Theoretical]

Syn. general, conceptual, intellectual, ideal; see theoretical .

2. [Abstruse]

Syn. complex, involved, obscure; see difficult 2 .

3. [Nonrealistic]

Syn. nonrepresentational, geometric, symbolic, biomorphic, abstract expressionist, cubist; see also painting 1 .

n.

Syn. synopsis, outline, r?sum?} ; see abridgment , summary .

See Synonym Study at abridgment . v.

1. [To take away]

Syn. withdraw, separate, extract; see remove 1 .

2. [To prepare an abstract]

Syn. digest, summarize, condense; see decrease 2 , summarize .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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(VOCABULARY WORD) a.

[AB STRACT]

not easily identified or defined, not based on the concrete, abstruse, theoretical, nonrepresentational.

His notions of the universe were wildly abstract and difficult to envision.

SYN.: nonrepresentational, theoretical, conceptual, abstruse, indefinite, incomprehensible, general, nonspecific, amorphous, symbolic, recondite.

ANT.: specific, clear, concrete

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n.

1. condensation brief, abridgement, synopsis, summary.

2. art nonrepresentational art form, amorphous art form, geometrical art form. ''A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.''—Al Capp. see art

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v.

1. take away remove, extract, detach, separate.

2. summarize synopsize, abbreviate, condense, abridge.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Existing only in concept and not in reality: hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental. See REAL. 2. Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters: academic, speculative, theoretical. See THOUGHTS. II noun A short summary or version prepared by cutting down a larger work: abridgment, brief, condensation, epitome, synopsis. See WORDS. III verb 1. To remove from association with: detach, disassociate, disengage, dissociate, withdraw. See ASSEMBLE. 2. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal: recap. See THOUGHTS.