be abstract

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

to describe something as being abstract in nature

abstractVERB + abstract

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Examples (10)

  • The concept of 'justice' is too abstract for a child to understand.
  • Truth can sometimes be quite abstract.
  • The artist's early work was purely abstract.
  • The discussion will be too abstract if we don't use concrete examples.
  • His theories are becoming increasingly abstract.
  • For centuries, the idea of infinity has been an abstract puzzle for mathematicians.
  • Why does a philosophical debate always have to be so abstract?
  • If the language is too abstract, the audience will lose interest.
  • Thinking about the future can be an abstract exercise.
  • The principles outlined in the document were highly abstract and difficult to implement.