abstracted

/æb'stræktid/

Thân thiện

The professor looked abstracted while gazing out the window.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lost in thought; showing preoccupation: Having one's attention or mind completely absorbed by one's own thoughts, often to the point of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
   • Separated or removed (from something concrete): In a more technical or formal sense, it can mean having been considered or taken away from a physical or specific context.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective (Lost in thought):
  • She had an abstracted look, as if she were thinking about something far away.
  • The abstracted professor walked right past his classroom without noticing.
  • He was so abstracted by the problem that he didn't hear the phone ring.

Advanced Usage

• "to be abstracted in/with": To be deeply absorbed or engrossed in something.
  • She was abstracted in her book for the entire afternoon.
• "abstracted from": Formally considered separately from or removed from a concrete instance.
  • The concept of justice, abstracted from specific cases, is difficult to define.

Variants and Related Words

• Abstract (verb): To consider something theoretically or separately from concrete reality.
  • It's hard to abstract the general principle from these specific examples.
• Abstract (noun): A summary of a text or a theoretical concept.
  • Please submit an abstract of your paper.
• Abstract (adjective): Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
  • Love is an abstract concept.
• Abstractedly (adverb): In an abstracted manner; preoccupiedly.
  • He nodded abstractedly, not really listening.
• Abstractedness (noun): The state or quality of being abstracted.

Synonyms

• Absentminded: Inattentive or forgetful due to distraction by one's thoughts.
• Preoccupied: Engrossed in thought; distracted.
• Distracted: Unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied.
• Inattentive: Not paying attention.
• Daydreaming: Lost in pleasant thoughts.

Antonyms

• Attentive: Paying close attention.
• Alert: Vigilantly attentive.
• Focused: Concentrated on a particular object or activity.
• Present: Fully aware and engaged in the current moment.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To have one's head in the clouds: To be impractical or lost in thought.
  • He's always got his head in the clouds; he's so abstracted.
• Miles away: Deep in thought and not aware of what is happening around you.
  • Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lost in thought; showing preoccupation
   • an absent stare
   • an absentminded professor
   • the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence

Từ đồng nghĩa

• absent
• absentminded
• scatty