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Collocations for extract - noun

1. passage from a book/piece of music

ADJECTIVE

brief, short
long

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VERB + extract

read (esp. BrE)
publish (esp. BrE)

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extract + VERB

be from, be taken from
The extract is taken from a long essay.

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PREPOSITION

extract from
He read out a brief extract from his book.

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2. substance taken from another substance

ADJECTIVE

natural
conditioners made from natural plant extracts
herbal
green tea, malt, meat, plant, root, yeast, etc.
almond, vanilla (both AmE) (almond, etc. essence in BrE)

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PREPOSITION

extract of
extract of apricot

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Collocations for extract - verb

Extract is used with these nouns as the object:
cell, concession, confession, gold, information, juice, mineral, oil, ore, plutonium, promise, sap, silver, tooth

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