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Past tense of extract

regular verb

The past tense of extract is extracted. The past participle is also extracted.

Forms of extract

Base form (V1)extract /ˈɛkstɹækt/
Past tense (V2)extracted /ɪkˈstɹæktɪd/
Past participle (V3)extracted /ɪkˈstɹæktɪd/
Present participleextracting
Third person singularextracts

Extracted in a sentence

  • The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.From the entry work
  • So far there are no differences among the protiums extracted at various labs, except for concentration levels.From the entry protium
  • The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.From the entry exhausted
  • Literature-based knowledge vendors often claim to lease various products, including algorithmically extracted facts, and human-curated literature references.From the entry curated
  • The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.From the entry spurt

Meaning of extract

  1. noun Something that is extracted or drawn out.
  2. noun A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
  3. noun A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue.

Full definition of extract

Questions about the past tense of extract

What is the past tense of extract?
The past tense of extract is extracted.
What is the past participle of extract?
The past participle of extract is extracted.
Is extract a regular or irregular verb?
Extract is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: extract (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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