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to extract

to extract

26 3.7
To take a short part from a book or article to quote
  • verb
  • /ɪkˈstrækt/
translation icon : extraer
  • In his book, the author decided to extract a few key quotes to illustrate his main arguments.

In the case of Holvox, it's very difficult to extract a chapter.

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Examples

  • During the lecture, the teacher showed us how to extract information from various academic articles.

  • The researcher had to extract relevant passages from the historical text for her analysis.

  • So my job was to extract those stories from her.

  • So you extract in June, extract in November, right?

  • The role of a fine director is to be able to extract these performances.

  • So, what moral may we extract from all of this?

  • First to extract a set sum from him wins.

  • So trying to extract psychology from texts.

  • The laser digitizing system was used to extract CAD/CAM geometry directly from the clay model.

    Academic text (1995)
  • To enhance reliability, two extensively trained coders independently extracted all data from each report.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to take out
vsto extract
948 1.9

To remove something from a place or container

is mainly used for removing passages from texts to cite or copy
to excerpt
vsto extract
17 4.6

To take a short part from a longer text, song, or film

is similar but can remove longer passages rather than only short bits

Antonyms

208 3.5

To put something inside something else

66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Phrasal Verbs

To remove the soft part inside bones for food

To tease someone in a playful way

Compounds

A liquid made by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol to add flavor to food and drinks

A liquid with a strong almond taste used in baking

A small amount of liquid that gives lemon flavor to food or drink

cola extract
  • Specialized
3.9

A flavoring made from the kola nut used to give soft drinks their taste

7.0

An ingredient made from yeast cells that adds a savory taste

People mix alcohol and vanilla beans at home to add flavor to recipes

How Much

to reproduce
41 4.0
to transcribe
27 4.2
to extract
26 3.7
to quote
710 1.6

Surface Forms

extract infinitive
extracted past
extracted past participle
extracting present participle
extracts third person singular

Morphology

extract = ex + tract

The sense 'take out a passage or main points' is historically related to 'draw out', but the word is not transparently decomposable for average learners because 'tract' is not a usable English base.

Etymology

Extract comes from old Latin parts ex- 'out' and trahere 'to pull'. To extract a passage is to pull it out from a book to quote or copy, which is the same 'pulling out' sense you can see in tractor.