abstract Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | abstract Explications et Prononciations

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

(art) An abstract work of art.

(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

VT To remove; to take away; withdraw.

The lightning of the public burdens, which at present abstract a large proportion of profits and wages.

VT (euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

VT OBS To extract by means of distillation.

VI (reflexive, literally figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.

VT To draw off (interest or attention).

VI (fine arts) To create abstractions.

VI (computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".

AdjectifCOMmore abstractCOMabstracterSUPmost abstractSUPabstractest

Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific.

(archaic) Absent-minded.

(grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- Tag files provide a very simple way for content and functionality to be abstracted away from JSP pages and into reusable components.
- State collection and dissemination have been abstracted away from the application by the common-map abstraction.
- These details are unnecessary and should be abstracted away.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- In his final essay, "Breaking the Wand," James swears off his own "sabremetrician" label and vows to stop doing the Abstract.

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