Extract Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
EXTRACT meaning: 1 : to remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out; 2 : to get (information, a response, etc.) from someone who does not want to give it
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EXTRACT meaning: 1 : to remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out; 2 : to get (information, a response, etc.) from someone who does not want to give it
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Noun extract (plural extracts) Something that is extracted or drawn out. A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words,
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10. a solid, viscid, or liquid substance containing the essence or active substance of a food, plant, or drug in concentrated form: beef extract; vanilla extract.
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a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt. b. A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, flavoring, or other substance; a concentrate: maple extract. [Middle English extracten, from
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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.
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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
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An extract from a book or piece of writing is a small part of it that is printed or published separately.
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EXTRACT definition: to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force. See examples of extract used in a sentence.
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EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want. Learn more.
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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
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