Defenition of the word excerpt

• Defenition of the word excerpt

  • A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.
  • a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented exerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
  • take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
  • a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James'' philosophical writings"
  • a passage selected from a larger work

Synonyms for the word excerpt

• • citation
  • extract
  • passage
  • piece
  • quotation
  • quote
  • selection
  • take out

Similar words in the excerpt

• • excerpt
  • excerpt's
  • excerpted
  • excerpting
  • excerpts

Hyponyms for the word excerpt

• • analecta
  • analects
  • chrestomathy
  • citation
  • clipping
  • cut
  • cutting
  • Haftarah
  • Haftorah
  • Haphtarah
  • Haphtorah
  • newspaper clipping
  • press clipping
  • press cutting
  • quotation
  • quote
  • track

Hypernyms for the word excerpt

• • choose
  • passage
  • pick out
  • select
  • take

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