Definition of 'abstracted'

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abstracted

(æbstræktɪd )

adjective

Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.

[written]

Meg was so abstracted she scarcely noticed that the train had stopped.

The same abstracted look was still on his face.

Synonyms: preoccupied, withdrawn, remote, absorbed More Synonyms of abstracted

abstractedly adverb [ADVERB with verb]

She nodded abstractedly.

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abstracted in British

(æbˈstræktɪd )

adjective

lost in thought; preoccupied

taken out or separated; extracted

Derived forms

abstractedly (abˈstractedly)

adverb

abstractedness (abˈstractedness)

noun

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abstracted in American

(æbˈstræktɪd ; abstrakˈtid)

adjective

removed or separated (from something)

withdrawn in mind; absent-minded

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈabˈsent-minded

Derived forms

abstractedly (abˈstractedly)

adverb

abstractedness (abˈstractedness)

noun

Example sentences containing 'abstracted'

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Identical fragments had been found on the clothing quietly abstracted from the locker of a prime suspect. Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN ON THE WATER (2002)He held the page flat with his left hand and on his face was an expression of abstracted absorption. Alan Judd THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK (2002)The old man looked out over the city, an abstracted frown on his face. Jack Higgins THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)

Amanda... quite aside from her tiredness, she seemed unnaturally abstracted. Stephanie Laurens ON A WILD NIGHT (2002)

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Definition of abstracted from the Collins English Dictionary

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