abstracting
- 1Present participle and gerund of abstract.
The clerk spent the morning abstracting figures from the company ledgers.
Abstracting the essential argument from each chapter takes real patience.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: in "she is abstracting the data" it carries the progressive, while in "abstracting is slow work" it names the activity as a noun. Across most of its meanings the verb pairs naturally with from: abstracting a sum from an account, abstracting oneself from company. Beware the euphemistic use. An official "abstracting" funds may simply be stealing them, so context decides whether the word is neutral.
abstracting is a form of abstract
abstract, verb: To summarize or condense a longer work into its main points. Full entry
- Forms
- abstractabstracts he/she/itabstracting -ing formabstracted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- abstract → abstracting: add -ing
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