EXTRACTS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Extract

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɪkˈstrakt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɛkˈstrakt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

remove or take out, especially by effort or force

Short Definition:

remove

Examples:
  • the fossils are extracted from the chalk
Definition:

calculate (a root of a number)

Short Definition:

calculate root of number

Examples:
  • early computers had an instruction to extract a square root

Word: Extract

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈɛkstrakt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music

Short Definition:

short passage from text, film, etc.

Examples:
  • an extract from a historical film
Definition:

a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form

Short Definition:

preparation containing concentrated ingredient of substance

Examples:
  • natural plant extracts
  • a shampoo with extract of camomile

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