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单词 extraction
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extraction

noun

ex·​trac·​tion ik-ˈstrak-shən How to pronounce extraction (audio)
1
: the act or process of extracting something
2
: ancestry, origin
a family of French extraction
3
: something extracted

Synonyms

  • ancestry
  • birth
  • blood
  • bloodline
  • breeding
  • descent
  • family tree
  • genealogy
  • line
  • lineage
  • origin
  • parentage
  • pedigree
  • stock
  • strain
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Example Sentences

tooth extractions and other dental procedures the extraction of teeth by dentists the extraction of juices from plant matter
Recent Examples on the Web In Kern County, one of the state’s top producing regions, oil and gas extraction provide as much as 20% of the area’s property tax revenue. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Rebecca Logan of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, representing companies that support oil, gas and mining extraction, said the bill appears to balance support for renewable energy with oil and gas opportunities. Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 Just Stop Oil, which is calling for the UK government to block licenses for future oil and gas extraction, has since identified the demonstrators as students Hannah Hunt and Eben Lazarus. CNN, 5 July 2022 With no need to create tooling, companies across a host of industries—from oil and gas extraction to consumer goods—are able to go directly from digital design to physical parts in a single step, enabling far greater flexibility and efficiency. Jonah Myerberg, Forbes, 6 June 2022 There are tax deductions for companies that invest their profits, including by spending on oil and gas extraction projects in Britain. Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Andrew Cuomo, codified by the state Legislature in 2021, banned hydraulic fracturing in New York, which has been proved to lower emissions compared with other forms of oil and gas extraction. Claudia Tenney, WSJ, 11 May 2022 Other environmental initiatives in the running include banning fracking and phasing out oil and gas extraction as well as boosting funds for the clean-up of contaminated lands and water. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2022 Oil and gas extraction represents about 26% of those emissions, and the government will be heavily relying on the carbon capture tax credit and the emissions cap to ensure the sector reaches its goals. Brian Platt, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

extraction

noun

ex·​trac·​tion ik-ˈstrak-shən How to pronounce extraction (audio)
1
: the act of pulling out
the extraction of a tooth
2
: origin sense 2, descent
of French extraction

Medical Definition

extraction

noun

ex·​trac·​tion ik-ˈstrak-shən How to pronounce extraction (audio)
: the act or process of extracting something
extraction of a tooth

extraction

noun

as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a family of Italian extraction

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ancestry
  • lineage
  • origin
  • descent
  • breeding
  • genealogy
  • blood
  • family
  • pedigree
  • birth
  • parentage
  • stock
  • strain
  • succession
  • bloodline
  • line
  • relations
  • family tree
  • house
  • race
  • heredity
  • relatives
  • kindred
  • kin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • seed
  • issue
  • progeny
  • posterity
  • offspring
  • child
  • son
  • heir
  • successor
  • inheritor
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