abstracted

• Qualifie une personne préoccupée, perdue dans ses pensées, ou distraite et peu attentive à son environnement.

Describes a state of being lost in thought, preoccupied, or not paying attention to one's surroundings.

1. Lost in thoughtB2formal

   Showing signs of being preoccupied or distracted by one's own thoughts.

   Absorbé, distrait par ses pensées

   • He sat in the corner, looking abstracted and distant.
   • She gave an abstracted nod, clearly not listening.
   • His abstracted expression suggested he was worrying about something.

   Synonymesabsentmindeddistracteddreamyengrossedfarawayinattentivemusingpensivepreoccupiedthoughtful

   Antonymesalertattentivefocusedobservant

2. Removed or separatedC1formal

   Taken out of a context or separated from a specific instance.

   retiré, séparé

   • The concept was presented in an abstracted form, without real-world examples.
   • The artist's work is an abstracted representation of human emotion.
   • The data was abstracted from the original report for analysis.

   Synonymesdetacheddisconnectedisolatedremovedseparated

   Antonymesattachedconnectedincludedintegratedunited

• Verbe signifiant extraire, retirer ou séparer quelque chose d'un ensemble, ou résumer l'essentiel d'un texte ou d'une idée, ou considérer quelque chose de manière théorique ou conceptuelle.

A verb used to indicate the act of extracting, removing, or summarizing the essential content from something, or considering something in a theoretical or conceptual way.

1. Extract or removeB2formal

   To take out or remove something from a larger whole.

   Extraire ou retirer

   • The researcher abstracted key data from the report.
   • They abstracted the essential information from the document.
   • The chemist abstracted the compound from the solution.

   Synonymesdetachextractisolatepull outremoveseparatetake outwithdraw

   Antonymesaddincludeincorporateinsertintroduce

2. Consider theoreticallyC1formal

   To consider something in a theoretical or conceptual way, separate from concrete reality.

   Considérer de manière théorique

   • Philosophers often abstract ideas from everyday experiences.
   • The artist abstracted the essence of the landscape in her painting.
   • He abstracted the concept of justice from various legal systems.

   Synonymesformulategeneralizeidealize

   Antonymesapplyconcretizeimplementinstantiaterealize