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Dictionary: ab·stract·ed   (ăb-străk'tĭd, ăb'străk'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Removed or separated from something else; apart.
  2. Lost or deep in thought; preoccupied.
abstractedly ab·stract'ed·ly adv.
abstractedness ab·stract'ed·ness n.

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adjective

    So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent, absent-minded, bemused, distrait, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied. Idioms: a million miles away. See ability/inability, awareness/unawareness.

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adj

Definition: absent-minded
Antonyms: attentive


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: taken out of or separated from
  Synonym: removed

Meaning #2: lost in thought; showing preoccupation
  Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uopmærksom, åndsfraværende, distræt

Nederlands (Dutch)
afwezig, diep in gedachten

Français (French)
adj. - distrait, préoccupé, absorbé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geistesabwesend, getrennt, abstrahiert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αφηρημένος, απρόσεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
distratto, rimosso, con la mente assente, assente, estratto da

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - abstraído

Русский (Russian)
погруженный в мысли, рассеянный, абстрагированный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - abstraído, ausente, distraído

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tankspridd, förströdd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
出神的, 抽出的, 发呆的, 心不在焉的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 出神的, 抽出的, 發呆的, 心不在焉的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 추상한, 추출한, 멍해 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 抽象した, 抽出した, 心を奪われた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شارد الذهب, ذاهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוסח-דעת, מהורהר, שקוע במחשבות‬


 
 
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