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  • Abstracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

    of Abstract

  • abstracting (adjective)

    disassociated from any specific instance

  • abstracting (adjective)

    difficult to understand : abstruse

  • abstracting (adjective)

    insufficiently factual : formal

  • abstracting (adjective)

    expressing a quality apart from an object

  • abstracting (adjective)

    dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects : theoretical

  • abstracting (adjective)

    impersonal, detached

  • abstracting (adjective)

    having only intrinsic form with little or no attempt at pictorial representation or narrative content

  • abstracting (noun)

    a summary of points (as of a writing) usually presented in skeletal form

  • abstracting (noun)

    something that summarizes or concentrates the essentials of a larger thing or several things

  • abstracting (noun)

    an abstract thing or state (see abstract entry 1)

  • abstracting (noun)

    abstraction sense 4a

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    to make a summary or abstract of : summarize

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    to draw away the attention of

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    steal, purloin

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    remove, separate

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    to consider apart from application to or association with a particular instance

  • abstracting (verb, transitive ver)

    to make an abstraction

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