OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 929

abstract

/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abstracto • extraído
Derived; extracted.
abstracto
Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
abstracto
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas f…
abstracto • complicado
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
Abstract words such as glory, honour, courage, or hallow were obscene.
The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.
abstracto
Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
But his design is wonderful. He’s getting more and more abstract every day. He’d given up the third dimension when I was there and was just thinking of giving up the second. Soon,…
📚 verb • entry_id 930

abstract

/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extraer • quitar • retirar
To separate; to disengage.
The lightning of the public burdens, which at present abstract a large proportion of profits and wages.
destilar
To separate; to disengage.
Poison from roses who could e'er abstract?
abstraerse
To separate; to disengage.
resumir
To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.