abstract idea

collocation in English

meaningsofabstractandidea

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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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idea
noun
uk
/aɪˈdɪə/us
/aɪˈdiː.ə/
a suggestion or plan for ...
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(Definition ofabstractandideafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabstract idea

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The practices are directed in all these cases at concrete, local and regional landscapes, and not so much at the 'historical landscape' as a general,abstractidea.
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The evolution history is the record of how an item evolved from anabstractideaor a set of requirements to a fully designed physical entity.
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In other words, refusing to abate life support may promote someabstractideaof health and welfare but does not seem to promote this particular patient's interests.
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The general tendency of human knowledge, he argued, is to develop anabstractideaitself; images may serve as valuable illustrations, but theabstractidearemains primary.
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This view tells the story of how this item evolved from anabstractideato a fully designed and detailed physical component, discipline subsystem, or, even, entire project.
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Inflict versus not prevent also can be represented by the moreabstractideaof positive causation versus negative causation-colloquially referred to as causing versus not preventing.
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Individuals and micro- and small and medium-sized enterprises would not have the wherewithal to compete in the courtroom with large companies over anabstractidea.
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Public support is important, and nobody gets excited about anabstractideasuch as biodiversity.
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In fact, they began with anabstractideaof functions, and then sought to create bodies to perform them.
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It is the assumption that because a child cannot express anabstractideahe cannot perceive it.
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It is no use indulging in claptrap about the future or talking about someabstractidea.
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The framework provides six different transformations of anabstractidea(not increasing in detail, but transforming) from six different perspectives.
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An extended version of theabstractideaof rational function is used in algebraic geometry.
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Nationalism is not only defined as alignment to a political entity; it can also encompass a religion, race, ideology or any otherabstractidea.
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The whole world is discovering that all mankind is one and that the unity of man is real not just anabstractidea.
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The panel did not agree on a standard to determine whether a computer-implemented invention is a patent-ineligible,abstractidea.
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We conceive theabstractideaof life in terms of our experiences of a journey, a year, or a day.
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Observing the movements of the stars he infers the notion of time, the firstabstractideawon from the darkness of chaos.
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