■ verb ɪk'strakt , ɛk-
1》 remove, especially by effort or force.
↘obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it.
2》 obtain (a substance) from something by a special method.
3》 select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction.
↘derive (an idea) from a situation or source.
4》 Mathematics calculate (a root of a number).
■ noun 'ɛkstrakt
1》 a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
2》 a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form: vanilla ~.
Derivatives
~ability noun
~able adjective
~ive adjective
Origin
ME: from L. ~- , extrahere 'draw out'.