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- DictionaryEx·tract
verb
- 1. remove or take out, especially by effort or force: "the decayed tooth will have to be extracted"
noun
- 1. a short passage taken from a piece of writing, music, or film: "an extract from a historical film"
- 2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: "vanilla extract"
Extract can refer to removing something by pulling or cutting or to getting information from someone who does not want to give it. While both words refer to getting something they are used in different ways. You extract a tooth, but you exact revenge.
EXTRACT definition: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn more.
EXTRACTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of extract 2. to remove or take out something: 3. to make…. Learn more.
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.
EXTRACT meaning: 1. to remove or take out something: 2. to make someone give you something when they do not want…. Learn 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.
5 days ago · 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.
extract something (from somebody/something) to obtain information, money, etc., often by taking it from somebody who is unwilling to give it. Journalists managed to extract all kinds of information about her private life.
extract. [countable] extract (from something) a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like. The following extract is taken from her new novel. [uncountable, countable] a substance that has been obtained from something else using a particular process.
verb (used with object) to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth. to deduce (a doctrine, principle, interpretation, etc.): He extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.
