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. — deniko

   ruЭта теория слишком абстрактна для меня. — Biga

   deDie Theorie ist zu abstrakt für mich. — MUIRIEL

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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. — odexed

   deManche abstrakte Kunst ist schwer zu verstehen. — jast

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4. Young children are incapable of abstract thinking.

   ruМаленькие дети неспособны к абстрактному мышлению. — Wezel

   deKleine Kinder sind zu abstraktem Denken nicht in der Lage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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. — maks

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

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