excerpt
Use Excerpt in a sentence
sɜrpt; noun
1.
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
verb (used with object)
2.
to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.
3.
to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin excerptus (past participle of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -cerp- (combining form of carpere to pluck) + -tus past participle suffix
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin excerptus (past participle of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -cerp- (combining form of carpere to pluck) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
ex·cerpt·er, ex·cerp·tor, noun
ex·cerpt·i·ble, adjective
ex·cerp·tion, noun
un·ex·cerpt·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. selection, portion, section, part.
1. selection, portion, section, part.
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| excerpt | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a part or passage taken from a book, speech, play, etc, and considered on its own; extract |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to take (a part or passage) from a book, speech, play, etc |
| [C17: from Latin excerptum, literally: (something) picked out, from excerpere to select, from carpere to pluck] | |
| ex'cerptor | |
| —n | |
| ex'cerptible | |
| —adj | |
| ex'cerption | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
I'm sure it's only a brief excerpt from the original paper.
It is an impressive rant, for those who don't want to navigate there, here is an excerpt.
Your statement and the excerpt from the text seem rather naive.
The gory tale ends with a "to be continued" teaser and an excerpt from book six.
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