Meaning of abstracted | Babel Free
/əbˈstɹæk.tɪd/Definitions
- Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
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Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. archaic
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Abstract; abstruse; difficult. archaic
- Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
Examples
“the evil abstracted stood From his own evil,[…]”
“I am not sure, that the best way of discussing any subject, except those, that concern the abstracted sciences, is not somewhat in the way of dialogue.”
“The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point.”
“an abstracted scholar”
“I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.