[{"word":"abstracting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To separate; to disengage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove; to take away; withdraw.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To extract by means of distillation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To withdraw oneself; to retire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To draw off (interest or attention).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He was wholly abstracted by other objects."},{"definition":"To perform the process of abstraction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To create abstractions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with \"out\".","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He abstracted out the square root function."}],"synonyms":["abridge","epitomize","summarize","filch","purloin","steal","remove","separate","take away","withdraw"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abstract","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abstracting"]}]