An abstract sentence is a sentence that expresses an idea, concept, or quality rather than something you can see, touch, or ...

English has a few suffixes that can make abstract nouns out of adjectives ... fiercety continued to show up occasionally in examples like “The Northyn wynde blewe with suche fyerste” (1513).

Take the word “negotiation,” for example. This word, a noun, was formed from the verb “negotiate” and the suffix “-tion.” “The two parties engaged in a negotiation” is much more abstract than “The two ...