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Absent in mind, inattentive to surrounding objects
“Though pleasantly matey, he has the fatigued, abstracted air of someone who has been summarising his CV in dressing rooms for three decades.”
Absorbed or engrossed in thought
“He watched the play with an abstracted mind, trying to give himself gaiety by drinking whiskey in each interval.”
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
Having or showing no emotion or expression
Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm
Standing on its own apart from the others
Distant and cold in manner
Dreamy and unaware of one's surroundings, for example because one is in love
To have cited or referenced
To have dispossessed someone of something
“In his pockets were all that he had been able to abstract from the apartment.”
Past tense for to take away from
“Intakes of this type are designed to abstract a large proportion of the water available.”
Past tense for to make a written summary of (an article or book)
“You'll need to abstract the published articles into a concise synopsis.”
(abstract something from) Past tense for to consider abstractly or theoretically
“Aristotle held that mathematicians abstract the notions of quantity and dimension from the sensibly given.”
Past tense for to divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
“His personal problems would abstract him persistently throughout the day.”
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