word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/extract.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "extract",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like",
            "sensetop": "extract (from something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The following extract is taken from her new novel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He read out a brief extract from his book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The extract is taken from a long essay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disc also includes an extract from one of his earlier operas."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "short", "long"],
                "verb + extract": ["read", "publish"],
                "extract + verb": ["be from", "be taken from"],
                "preposition": ["extract from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a substance that has been obtained from something else using a particular process",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "yeast extract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "face cream containing natural plant extracts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "vanilla extract"
                },
                {
                    "text": "extract of apricot"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["natural", "herbal", "green tea"],
                "preposition": ["extract of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekstrækt/",
                "audio": "ex/extract/extract__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈekstrækt/",
                "audio": "ex/extract/extract__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}