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To take away from
“Intakes of this type are designed to abstract a large proportion of the water available.”
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) To consider abstractly or theoretically
“Aristotle held that mathematicians abstract the notions of quantity and dimension from the sensibly given.”
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
“His personal problems would abstract him persistently throughout the day.”
(euphemistic) To steal or remove without permission
“In his pockets were all that he had been able to abstract from the apartment.”
Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis
Plural for a summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech
“An abstract of this article has been recently published online.”
Plural for a figure intended to represent an abstract quality
“Philosophically speaking, a judge without an equipage might be the very abstract of piety or of uprightness.”
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