abstract ideas
1abstract ideas — Concept that was the focus of dispute between Locke and Berkeley . Locke had highlighted the problem of the way in which a particular idea, as it might be of a person or a cow, comes to stand for just the right class of things: persons or cows in …
2Abstract — Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
3Abstract mathematics — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …
4Abstract numbers — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …
5Abstract terms — Abstract Ab stract (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See {Trace}.] 1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris. [1913 Webster] …
6abstract — ab|stract1 [ˈæbstrækt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of abstrahere, from abs away + trahere to pull ] 1.) based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events = ↑theoretical abstract… …
7abstract — 01. I don t really like [abstract] art, such as that done by Picasso. I much prefer something more realist. 02. It can be quite difficult to really define [abstract] ideas, such as love or friendship. 03. One s capacity for [abstract] thinking is …
8abstract — ab|stract1 [ æb,strækt, æb strækt ] adjective ** 1. ) abstract ideas exist as thoughts in the mind, and are not related to physical objects or real events and actions: abstract idea/concept/principle/notion: Mathematics is concerned with… …
9abstract — I UK [ˈæbstrækt] / US [ˈæbˌstrækt] / US [æbˈstrækt] adjective ** 1) abstract ideas exist as thoughts in the mind, and are not related to physical objects or real events and actions abstract idea/concept/principle/notion: Mathematics is concerned… …
10abstract — [ˈæbstrækt] adj 1) abstract ideas are not related to physical objects or real events 2) abstract art expresses ideas or feelings, rather than showing the exact appearance of people or things abstraction [æbˈstrækʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
