abstract concept

collocation in English

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abstract
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.strækt/us
/ˈæb.strækt/
existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sept/us
/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofabstractandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabstract concept

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Any depiction would be a tentative embodiment of theabstractconceptof enhancement.
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This shape component need not have been anabstractconcept.
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Although upbeat is a ratherabstractconcept, the children acquired this after they had learned to perceive the difference between songs with and without one.
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Moreover, unlike the case for the dolphin, there is no evidence thus far on whether the parrot can understood motor imitation as anabstractconcept.
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However, despite the wide use of this term in the literature, it still remains a ratherabstractconcept.
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The mostabstractconceptis that of institution.
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National identity is anabstractconceptwith various usages and meanings.
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In this view, the programmatic pitfall occurs precisely when a concept is used as a synonym for a moreabstractconcepton which a computation can be specified.
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In their minds, theabstractconceptof 'people' was frequently identical with the similarly abstract concepts such as the 'common people', 'commoners', 'the masses', and 'laborers'.
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Libardi et al.11 defined top-down assembly design as a recursive subdivision of an initialabstractconcept into logical subassemblies until the level of components or parts is reached.
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At present, it is being floated almost as anabstractconcept.
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I do not know what theabstractconceptis in a cooked main meal.
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Therefore, his acceptance of the principle of self-determination is purelyabstractconcept.
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This is all being done in the name of the inviolable principle of competitiveness and theabstractconceptof the social economy of the market.
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We can at times pay too high a price for anabstractconceptof competition.
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Is this anabstractconceptwhich the brewers should be allowed to ignore?
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That is another horribleabstractconceptwhich is nowhere defined in the clause and which our amendment manages to eliminate.
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There will be, we are promised, "consistency", as if thatabstractconceptwere, beyond all question or debate, a good thing devoutly to be wished.
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The design of, or for, a typeface is anabstractconcept.
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