verb · academic
extract
/ɪkˈstrækt/ex·TRACT
Band 7+task1task2speaking
to remove or take out something, often using effort, or to obtain information from a source
Examples
“Researchers extracted DNA from ancient bone samples.”
“You can extract a quote from the article for your essay.”
“Oil is extracted from the ground by drilling.”
Band 8 sentence
“The team extracted key passages from hundreds of documents to build their case.”
Collocations
- extract data
- extract a sample
Word family
extraction nounextractive adjective
Common mistakes
take out information from→extract information from
extracteded→extracted
Say it for a higher band
5take out→6pull out→7+extract
Synonyms
remove
draw out
Easily confused
remove
“He removed the lid from the jar.”
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