# abstracting

Pronunciation: say "ab-STRAK-ting" US /ˌæbˈstɹæktɪŋ/, UK /æbˈstɹæktɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of abstract. — present participle and gerund of abstract
   - Simple: Present participle of abstract. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The clerk spent the morning abstracting figures from the company ledgers._
   - _Abstracting the essential argument from each chapter takes real patience._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/abstracting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).