Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

    Extraktion

  2. (countable, uncountable)Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A person's origin or ancestry.

    Abstammung, Herkunft

    properties attributable to your ancestry

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The removal of a tooth from its socket.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Algeria should stop illegal water extraction.

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  2. Is there any other way besides extraction?

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  3. Today we heard a story about biogas extraction.

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  4. I had a tooth extraction a week ago.

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  5. They told us a story about biogas extraction today.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 2
act of extracting:
one's origin, lineage or ancestry:

Origin

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

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