# abstract

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ · frequency rank #5,654

## Definitions
1. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
2. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
3. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
4. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
5. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
6. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
7. An abstract work of art.
8. A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

## Etymology
From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.

## Easily confused with
- **attract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abstract-vs-attract)
- **abstracted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abstract-vs-abstracted)

## Common misspellings (13)
`abbstract`, `absrtact`, `absstract`, `abstarct`, `abstracct`, `abstractt`, `abstratc`, `abstrcat`, `abstrract`, `absttract`, `abtsract`, `asbtract`, `bastract`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abstract