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abstract

 
 
/ˈæbstrækt/ adjective

Definition

NOT REAL relating to ideas and not real things: an abstract concept
ART Abstract art involves shapes and colours and not images of real things or people.
(Definition of abstract adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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