based on general ideas and not on any particular real person, thing or situation; compare concrete.

​a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document synonym summary. Abstracts of about 300 words should be submitted to the conference committee ...

​abstract something (from something) to remove something from somewhere. She abstracted the main points from the argument. Their plan is to abstract 8 million ...

There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word abstract, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical reality. We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.

abstract something (technology) to make a written summary of a book, etc. See abstract in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

a short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document. synonym summary Idioms in the abstract jump to other results in a general way.

[countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing, or situation; the quality of being abstract.

​[countable, uncountable] (formal) a general idea not based on any particular real person, thing or situation; the quality of being abstract.

a noun, for example goodness or freedom, that refers to an idea or a general quality, not to a physical object