Collocations for "abstract"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "abstract" in context.
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abstract
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- check the abstract to [see, find]
- [read, skim] the abstract before
- See the abstract for [more, further] information.
- See the abstract for [more] details.
- is included in the abstract (for your reference)
- in the abstract at the [end, beginning] of the [book, publication]
- [It] should be (included) in the abstract.
- a [complete, detailed, partial] abstract
- Have you checked (in) the abstract (yet)?
- abstracts of related [works, books]
- an abstract on the [paper, book]
- an abstract of her [performance, display]
- [write, prepare] an abstract
- write a [four-paragraph, 250-word] abstract on
- The [portrait, painting, statue] was an abstract.
- [painted, carved] an abstract
- see abstracts at the [gallery, museum]
- is exhibiting [modern, 18th century, contemporary] abstracts
- understood the [idea, theory] in the abstract
- is an abstract [painter, artist, photographer]
- an abstract [painting, sculpture]
- Abstract [Expressionism, Expressionists]
- an Abstract Expressionist painter
- abstract versus realism
- is an abstract [idea, concept]
- an abstract concept [like, such as] love
- is abstract in nature
- has an abstract view of [justice, society]
- abstract thinking
- abstract [and, or, versus] concrete
- (the novel) [uses, contains] (too) many abstract [terms, words]
- [learn, study, explain] abstract nouns
'abstract' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):