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- pronunciation:
- aeb
straekt
[or]
 b
straekt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
existing without physical shape or substance.
Computers and cars are concrete things, but truth and beauty are abstract things.- antonyms:
- concrete
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| definition 2: |
formed in the mind or in thought, with little connection to what actually exists or is proven.
His theory is completely abstract.She loves to talk about abstract ideas.- antonyms:
- practical
- similar words:
- intellectual
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| definition 3: |
hard to understand because not based on one's experience of the world.
The study of cell biology is too abstract for most students in third grade.- antonyms:
- clear, simple
- similar words:
- difficult, intellectual, obscure
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| derivations: |
abstractly (adv.), abstractness (n.) |
The word abstract
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrasive, abrupt, absence, absent, absolute, absorb, abstain, abstract, abuse
tract
Latin
root
that means draw, pull
Example words:
abstract, attract, attraction, attractive, contract, detract, distract, extract, subtract, subtraction, tract, traction, tractor
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