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Existing only as an idea or quality rather than as something real that you can see or touch; not concrete.

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Used as an adjective, listen here, it means: Existing only as an idea or quality rather than as something real that you can see or touch; not concrete. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To consider (as a quality or attribute) apart from any application to a particular object or instance.

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  • Picasso's work was abstract and sometimes hard to understand.
  • He loved her only in the abstract--not in person
  • abstract words like `truth' and `justice'
  • Let's abstract away from this particular example
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  • An "abstract" is a summary or synopsis, while to "obstruct" means to block or shut out.
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