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A	noun
	1	abstraction, abstract
			a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚abstraction, abstract ╚thing ╚teacher ╚absolute ╚right
	2	outline, synopsis, abstract, precis
			a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚summary ╚outline, synopsis, abstract, precis ╚epitome ╚apercu ╚brief
B	verb
	1	abstract
			consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚think; believe; consider; conceive ╚see; consider; reckon; view; regard ╚abstract
	2	abstract
			consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚think about ╚consider; take; deal; look at ╚abstract
	3	abstract
			give an abstract (of)
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚repeat; reiterate; ingeminate; iterate; restate; retell ╚sum up; summarize; summarise; resume ╚abstract
	4	pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
			make off with belongings of others
		Category Tree: take ╚steal ╚pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
C	adjective
	1	abstract
			existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"

	2	abstract
			dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"

	3	abstract, theoretical
			based on specialized theory; "a theoretical analysis"

	4	abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective
			not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"

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