Standard Lemma guide

extraction

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪkˈstɹækʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ækʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 K S T R AE1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person's origin or ancestry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The removal of a tooth from its socket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: coffee preparation; by ellipsis; coffee preparation; by ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: removal, remotion

8

noun

Meaning 8

properties attributable to your ancestry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he comes from good origins

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: origin, descent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation

Narrower terms: full blood

9

noun

Meaning 9

the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity

Narrower terms: decoction, dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation, elution, infusion, mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation

History

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: hasilat — act of extracting
  • Azerbaijani: çıxarılma — act of extracting
  • Bulgarian: вадене (vadene) — act of extracting
  • Bulgarian: изваждане (izvaždane) — act of extracting
  • Catalan: extracció — act of extracting
  • Danish: udvinding — act of extracting
  • Dutch: extractie — act of extracting
  • Finnish: uuttaminen — act of extracting
  • French: extraction — act of extracting
  • Galician: extraer — act of extracting
  • German: Extraktion — act of extracting
  • Hindi: निकालना (nikālnā) — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kihúzás — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kivonás — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kiszedés — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kiemelés — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kinyerés — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kitermelés — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: eltávolítás — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: kiszívás — act of extracting
  • Hungarian: elszívás — act of extracting
  • Indonesian: ekstraksi — act of extracting
  • Malay: pengekstrakan — act of extracting
  • Māori: kohikatanga — act of extracting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utvinning — act of extracting
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utvinning — act of extracting
  • Polish: wydobywanie — act of extracting
  • Romanian: extragere — act of extracting
  • Spanish: extracción — act of extracting
  • Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc) — act of extracting
  • Bulgarian: произход (proizhod) — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Catalan: extracció — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Czech: původ — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Danish: afstamning — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Danish: slægtskab — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Dutch: afstamming — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Finnish: syntyperä — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Finnish: sukujuuri — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • French: extraction — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • German: Abstammung — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • German: Herkunft — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Hungarian: származás — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Hungarian: eredet — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avstamning — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Polish: pochodzenie — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Serbo-Croatian: podrijetlo — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Spanish: extracción — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Swedish: härkomst — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Swedish: börd — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Swedish: extraktion — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Swedish: härstamning — one's origin, lineage or ancestry
  • Dutch: aftreksel — military
  • Finnish: evakuointi — military
  • Hungarian: kimenekítés — military
  • Hungarian: kihozatal — military
  • Polish: wycofanie — military
  • Aramaic: ܥܩܪܐ — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Bulgarian: вадене (vadene) — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Czech: trhání — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Danish: udtrækning — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Finnish: vetäminen — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Greek: εξαγωγή (exagogí) — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Hungarian: foghúzás — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Polish: usunięcie — removal of a tooth from its socket
  • Romanian: extracție — removal of a tooth from its socket
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