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The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.
Barry Eisler

Meaning of "extract" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXTRACT

From Latin extractus drawn forth, from extrahere, from trahere to drag.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTRACT

extract  [ɪkˈstrækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTRACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extract is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb extract in English.

WHAT DOES EXTRACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

extract

Extract

An extract is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures or in powder form. The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, herbs, fruits, etc., and some flowers, are marketed as extracts, among the best known of true extracts being almond, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, lemon, nutmeg, orange, peppermint, pistachio, rose, spearmint, vanilla, violet, and wintergreen.

Definition of extract in the English dictionary

The first definition of extract in the dictionary is to withdraw, pull out, or uproot by force. Other definition of extract is to remove or separate. Extract is also to derive from some source or situation.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXTRACT

PRESENT

Present
I extract
you extract
he/she/it extracts
we extract
you extract
they extract
Present continuous
I am extracting
you are extracting
he/she/it is extracting
we are extracting
you are extracting
they are extracting
Present perfect
I have extracted
you have extracted
he/she/it has extracted
we have extracted
you have extracted
they have extracted
Present perfect continuous
I have been extracting
you have been extracting
he/she/it has been extracting
we have been extracting
you have been extracting
they have been extracting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I extracted
you extracted
he/she/it extracted
we extracted
you extracted
they extracted
Past continuous
I was extracting
you were extracting
he/she/it was extracting
we were extracting
you were extracting
they were extracting
Past perfect
I had extracted
you had extracted
he/she/it had extracted
we had extracted
you had extracted
they had extracted
Past perfect continuous
I had been extracting
you had been extracting
he/she/it had been extracting
we had been extracting
you had been extracting
they had been extracting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will extract
you will extract
he/she/it will extract
we will extract
you will extract
they will extract
Future continuous
I will be extracting
you will be extracting
he/she/it will be extracting
we will be extracting
you will be extracting
they will be extracting
Future perfect
I will have extracted
you will have extracted
he/she/it will have extracted
we will have extracted
you will have extracted
they will have extracted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been extracting
you will have been extracting
he/she/it will have been extracting
we will have been extracting
you will have been extracting
they will have been extracting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would extract
you would extract
he/she/it would extract
we would extract
you would extract
they would extract
Conditional continuous
I would be extracting
you would be extracting
he/she/it would be extracting
we would be extracting
you would be extracting
they would be extracting
Conditional perfect
I would have extract
you would have extract
he/she/it would have extract
we would have extract
you would have extract
they would have extract
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been extracting
you would have been extracting
he/she/it would have been extracting
we would have been extracting
you would have been extracting
they would have been extracting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you extract
we let´s extract
you extract
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to extract
Past participle
extracted
Present Participle
extracting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTRACT


abstract
ˈæbstrækt
attract
əˈtrækt
bract
brækt
cataract
ˈkætəˌrækt
contract
kənˈtrækt
cracked
krækt
detract
dɪˈtrækt
distract
dɪˈstrækt
entr´acte
ɒnˈtrækt
fluidextract
ˈfluːɪdˈɛkstrækt
nonabstract
nɒnˈæbstrækt
protract
prəˈtrækt
retract
rɪˈtrækt
semiabstract
ˌsemɪˈæbstrækt
subcontract
sʌbˈkɒntrækt
subtract
səbˈtrækt
tesseract
ˈtesəˌrækt
tracked
trækt
tract
trækt
untracked
ʌnˈtrækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTRACT

extrabold
extracanonical
extracellular
extracellularly
extracorporeal
extracorporeal dialysis
extracranial
extractability
extractable
extractant
extractible
extraction
extraction fan
extractions
extractive
extractively
extractor
extractor fan
extractor hood
extracurricular

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTRACT

alimentary tract
almond extract
breach of contract
digestive tract
fixed cost contract
fixed-price contract
fixed-term contract
forward contract
in the abstract
interact
liver extract
maintenance contract
malt extract
meat extract
pituitary extract
respiratory tract
service contract
social contract
urinary tract
urogenital tract
yeast extract

Synonyms and antonyms of extract in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXTRACT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «extract» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of extract

Translation of «extract» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTRACT

Find out the translation of extract to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extract from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extract» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

提炼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extraer
570 millions of speakers

English

extract
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निकालने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقتطف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экстракт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extrair
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extraire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ekstrak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gewinnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

抽出する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추출하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extract
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiết xuất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özüt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estrarre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyciąg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

екстракт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extract
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκχύλισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uittreksel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extrakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ekstrakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extract

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRACT»

The term «extract» is very widely used and occupies the 7.808 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRACT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extract» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extract» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extract

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10 QUOTES WITH «EXTRACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word extract.
1
Toni Cade Bambara
I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it.
2
Keith Barry
Studying neuro-linguistic programming is what teaches you how to implant and extract thoughts. Mixing psychology, hypnotism and magic somewhat goes into this area called mentalism, which is what I mostly do. It's magic of the mind.
3
John Battelle
In the past, Google has used teams of humans to 'read' its street address images - in essence, to render images into actionable data. But using neural network technology, the company has trained computers to extract that data automatically - and with a level of accuracy that meets or beats human operators.
4
Wilhelm Dilthey
No real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought.
5
Arthur Eddington
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control.
6
Barry Eisler
The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.
7
James A. Forbes
In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and fear and doubt while he remains strong.
8
Felix Frankfurter
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.
9
Herbert Gold
Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.
10
Benjamin Haydon
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTRACT»

Discover the use of extract in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extract and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Olive Leaf Extract
Details a compouond taken from Olive leves called Oleurupein that has disease resistant properties and that is effective in treating such afflictions as HIV, influenza, sore throats, pneumonia, infections and much more, in an informative ...
Morton Walker, 1997
2
Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, ...
Argues that politicians in Congress are extorting money from corporations and the people and then use it to buy each other's votes.
Peter Schweizer, 2013
3
Extract Value from Consultants: How to Hire, Control, and ...
This book empowers managers to take control of the consulting process in any business environment.
Gordon Perchthold, Jenny Sutton, 2010
4
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
A physicist describes how life emerges from the random motion of atoms through sophisticated cellular machinery and describes the long quest to determine the true nature of life from ancient Greece to the study of modern nanotechnology. 20 ...
Peter M. Hoffmann, 2012
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Step by Step Instructions to Extract Coded Information from ...
It includes extracting subsamples filtered by diagnosis and procedure codes, and combining datasets to compare patient outcomes to hospitals. The book also discusses case matching. The SAS code can be downloaded from lulu.com.
Patricia Cerrito, 2008
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Translation Initiation: Extract Systems and Molecular ...
To destroy endogenous mRNA and thus reduce background translation, the extract is treated with micrococcal nuclease in the presence of CaCl2. This treatment should be carried out just before setting up translation reactions as follows. 1.
‎2007
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Malts and Malting
The more moisture malt contains the heavier it weighs for a given yield of extract, so the 'potential extract' is more expensive to transport. The keeping quality of the malt can be impaired if the moisture content is too high, that is the malt is slack.
D.E. Briggs, 1998
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Progress English
Extract from I'm Telling You, They're Aliens by Jeremy Strong, published by Puffin . Reprinted with permission of David Higham Associates Limited. Extracts from Machine Gunners by Robert Westall, published by Macmillan. Reprinted with ...
Elizabeth Clark, Liz Clark, 2003
9
The Medicinal Plant Industry
For the pharmacological evaluation of a plant extract or a purified naturally occurring compound the chemical composition must be known if the results of the in vivo tests are to be reproduced. These comments may seem self-evident. but ...
R. O. B. Wijesekera, 1991
10
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Looking for a natural alternative to antibiotics? Look no further than grapefruit seed extract (GSE).
Louise Tenney, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTRACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term extract is used in the context of the following news items.
1
“Daemonic preludium”, an extract from The Daemon Knows
The following is an extract placing Walt Whitman and Herman Melville 'in conversation' with one another. Our two most ambitious and sublime ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
2
Inside Webber's hellish Le Mans weekend
Until, as this edited extract from his autobiography Aussie Grit reveals, it all went spectacularly, horrifically wrong in the lead-up to the Le Mans ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
3
Oman to Build Giant Solar Plant to Extract Oil
For years, the unforgiving desert of Oman has required special tools to extract some of the planet's heaviest crude. The Persian Gulf sultanate's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman: Spectrum secures exclusive …
The extract will be published on Fairfax websites smh.com.au, theage.com.au, brisbanetimes.com.au, watoday.com.au and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Amla Extract Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity …
Amla extract is derived from the plant species known as Emblica officinalis, and falls under the category of super fruit. Amla or Indian ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
6
Extract more from coffee
London - We are quick to throw them away after brewing a cup - but not many people know that used coffee grounds have myriad uses. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
7
Pulverising hundreds of bees to extract DNA only way to save …
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have said that crushing hundreds of bees at a time and taking DNA samples may be the only way to ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jul 15»
8
Book Extract: Increasing cross-cultural awareness
In July 2007, Starbucks Coffee was banished from Beijing's Forbidden City after seven years in operation amid protests over the American ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
Gold miners could extract gold in new way
AUSTRALIA'S gold miners may soon have access to a technique to extract gold without the environmental risks associated with cyanide. «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
10
Open Cup Roundup: Red Bulls extract revenge on Cosmos
Sacha Kljestan inspired the Red Bulls to a second derby victory inside a week and issued a response after the defeat to the Cosmos in this ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

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