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verb
- 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the fossils are extracted from the chalk" Similar Opposite
- 2. calculate (a root of a number): "early computers had an instruction to extract a square root"
noun
- 1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music: "an extract from a historical film" Similar
- 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "natural plant extracts" Similar
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EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
Extract forms a kind of mirror image of abstract: more common as a verb, but also used as a noun and adjective. The adjective, meaning “derived or descended,” is now obsolete, as is a sense of the noun that overlapped with abstract, “summary.”.
EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
Extract definition: to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force. See examples of EXTRACT used in a sentence.
To extract is to draw forth something as by pulling, importuning, or the like: to extract a confession by torture. To exact is to impose a penalty, or to obtain by force or authority, something to which one lays claim: to exact payment.
1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter. 2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise. 3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation. 4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt. 5.
verb. /ɪkˈstrækt/ Verb Forms. extract something (from something) to remove or obtain a substance from something, for example by using an industrial or a chemical process. a machine that extracts excess moisture from the air. The Egyptians used a primitive form of distillation to extract the essential oils from plants.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to take something out, especially using force: 2. to get the money, information, etc that you…. Learn more.
Definition of extract noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract.
