Dictionary Entry
extract
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ek-STRakt/Word FrequencyCommon (4.97)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Something that is extracted or drawn out.
In a Sentence
“The article includes extract to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“To increase the intoxicating quality of beer, the deleterious vegetable substance, called _cocculus indicus_, and the extract of this poisonous berry, technically called _black extract_, or, by some, _hard multum_, are employed.”
“# Untar the most recent release my $extract = $dist - > latest - > extract;”
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Origin
From Latin extrahere ‘to draw out’, via Old French extrait.
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Poetry examples for “extract”
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