abstract vs give

abstract

verb
  • To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality. 

  • To draw off (interest or attention). 

  • He was wholly abstracted by other objects. 

  • To separate; to disengage. 

  • To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. 

  • To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. 

  • To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out". 

  • To create abstractions. 

  • To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. 

  • To remove; to take away; withdraw. 

  • To perform the process of abstraction. 

  • To withdraw oneself; to retire. 

adj
  • Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. 

  • Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century. 

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

  • Lacking a story. 

  • Absolute. 

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

  • Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • Insufficiently factual. 

noun
  • A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose. 

  • Concentrated essence of a product. 

  • An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. 

  • The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form. 

  • An abstract work of art. 

  • An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract. 

  • A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title. 

  • Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. 

give

verb
  • To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. 

  • To lead (onto or into). 

  • To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something). 

  • To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate. 

  • To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.). 

  • To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow. 

  • To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede. 

  • To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in. 

  • To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to. 

  • To devote or apply (oneself). 

  • To cause; to make; used with the infinitive. 

  • To pledge. 

  • To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield. 

  • To exceed expectations. 

  • To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.). 

  • To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives? 

  • To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something). 

  • To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford. 

  • To make a present or gift of. 

  • To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). 

  • To yield or collapse under pressure or force. 

  • To provide, as, a service or a broadcast. 

noun
  • The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience. 

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