abstract

1. Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

   Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.

2. Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

   Insufficiently factual.

3. Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.

   abstrakt

   абстра́ктныйabstráktnyj, отвлечённыйotvlečónnyj

   абстра́ктнийabstráktnyj

4. As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

5. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.

   The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.

6. Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.

7. Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.

8. Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.

   (capitalized, often)Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.

   abstrakt

9. Absolute.

10. Lacking a story.

11. Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

12. (obsolete)Derived; extracted.

1. The theory is too abstract for me.

   Ця теорія занадто абстрактна для мене.

   ruЭта теория слишком абстрактна для меня.

   deDie Theorie ist zu abstrakt für mich.

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2. Are animals capable of abstract thought?

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3. Some abstract art is difficult to understand.

   ruНекоторые проявления абстрактного искусства трудно понять.

   deManche abstrakte Kunst ist schwer zu verstehen.

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4. Young children are incapable of abstract thinking.

   ruМаленькие дети неспособны к абстрактному мышлению.

   deKleine Kinder sind zu abstraktem Denken nicht in der Lage.

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5. His idea is too abstract to be of practical use to us.

   ruЕго идея слишком абстрактна, чтобы мы могли её применить на практике.

   deSeine Idee ist zu abstrakt, um von praktischem Nutzen für uns zu sein.

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