Translate extract | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of extract
verb
Pronunciation:
/ikˈstrakt/ remove or take out, especially by effort or force:the decayed tooth will have to be extracted obtain (something such as money or an admission) from someone in the face of initial unwillingness:I won’t let you go without trying to extract a promise from you obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method:lead was extracted from the copper select (a passage from a piece of writing, music, or film) for quotation, performance, or reproduction:the table is extracted from the report derive (an idea or the evidence for it) from a body of information:the desire to extract meaningful lessons from a few experiments Mathematics calculate (a root of a number).
noun
Pronunciation:
/ˈekˌstrakt/ 1a short passage taken from a piece of writing, music, or film:an extract from a historical film
2a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form:vanilla extract extract of chamomile
