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The correct spelling is extracting.
How to pronounce extracting
verb
Say it like: Ext-rac-tin-g
The correct spelling is extracting. To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. For example: "to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"
Usage Examples
“to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger”
“to extract an essential oil from a plant”
“We need to try to extract the positives from the defeat.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- 2.To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- 3.To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- 4.To select parts of a whole
- 5.To determine (a root of a number).
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