extracted
- 1Simple past and past participle of extract.
Researchers extracted DNA from the ancient bone fragments.
The relevant figures were extracted from thousands of survey responses.
Note
One regular -ed spelling does the work of both forms: the simple past (researchers extracted DNA) and the participle after have or be. Because every verb sense of extract takes an object, the participle turns up readily in the passive: figures extracted from survey responses, a passage extracted from a text, even a square root extracted in arithmetic. The noun extract has no such form, so this spelling belongs to the verb alone.
extracted is a form of extract
extract, verb: To draw or pull something out, removing it forcibly from a fixed position by traction, suction, or similar means. Full entry
- Forms
- extractextracts he/she/itextracting -ing formextracted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- extract → extracted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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