extract
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3.7
- noun
- /ɪkˈstrækt/
- Instructions: Students should read the following extract, which serves as an introduction to the activity.
- the following extract
- extract quoted above
- extract from a letter
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Watch on YouTubeHe had a Minecraft statistician or a Harvard statistician write an extract.
- He had a Minecraft statistician or a Harvard statistician write an extract.
- What follows is an extract from Work in Progress, which contains some personal reflections on what happened.
Examples
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One more quotation from the Wall Street Journal, an extract from an editorial of December 12, 1994, clinches the point.
Academic text (1995) -
And now I would like to begin with Javed Khan reading an extract from "A Runaway American Dream in Luton."
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And I want to read you one extract to kind of give you an example as to how weird this whole thing is.
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I mean, this is an extract from his book, a sort of table of numbers, but there were sort of, you know, dozens of these.
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And I'm going to play a short extract from that debate.
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I first wrote the poem, from which that verse was an extract, when my grandfather was murdered.
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The "Clash of the Clans" extract is used here by permission of the author.
Fiction book (2000) -
Each artist invited to participate in the show was given an extract from Colored Girls to reinterpret visually.
Academic text (2015) -
Purdue sent Google an extract from the local catalog containing U.S. government documents.
Academic text (2015) -
The professor shared an interesting extract from the novel to illustrate the author's style.
Synonyms
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1.6
A short passage from a book or speech that someone repeats
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4.3
A short part taken from a longer text, song, or film
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2.6
A short piece of someone else's words used to support an idea with the source named
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4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
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3.2
A short part taken from a larger book, song, or other work
A short part taken from a longer text for reading or study
Antonyms
Compounds
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2.3
A liquid made by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol to add flavor to food and drinks
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3.7
People mix alcohol and vanilla beans at home to add flavor to recipes
- Specialized
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7.0
An ingredient made from yeast cells that adds a savory taste
- Specialized
A flavoring made from the kola nut used to give soft drinks their taste
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Etymology
Extract comes from old Latin parts ex- 'out' and trahere 'to pull'. So an extract is a short piece 'pulled out' from a book, and you can see the same pulling idea in tractor, a machine that pulls things.