Excerpt

Word EXCERPT
Character 7
Hyphenation ex cerpt ex cerpt
Pronunciations /ɛkˈsɜ(ɹ)(p)t/

Definitions and meanings of "Excerpt"

What do we mean by excerpt?

A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. noun

To select or use (a passage or segment from a longer work). transitive verb

To select or use material from (a longer work). transitive verb

An extract from a written or printed work: as, excerpts from the records. noun

To take or cull out (a passage in a written or printed work); select; cite; extract.

An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record. noun

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. transitive verb

A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media noun

To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work. verb

A passage selected from a larger work noun

Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy verb

A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Excerpt

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The word "excerpt" in example sentences

* % excerpt% - A text-only excerpt of the body content. ❋ Alex190 (2010)

I love ancient myths … history was one of my favorite classes and I looked it up and heres in excerpt from the wiki article: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The focus of this excerpt is the lack of freedom of blacks (non-whites in general, actually, as it also included Chinese, Filipinos, native Americans, people from the Indian subcontinent and others). ❋ Unknown (2010)

BM: This excerpt is the opening page or two of the book. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bobbi Rightmyer presents The Baby Bones posted at My Muse and Me, saying, “This excerpt is approximately 900 words.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

To celebrate the milestone, I've posted a 2,000-word excerpt from the opening of the book: ❋ Unknown (2003)

One clarification – the Truscott quoted in your excerpt is actually one of the few members of the club who is PRO-Hemings descendants. ❋ Unknown (2002)

This excerpt is a good example of Hemans's style, which is either "false stilted and trashy" or "sweet and elegant," depending on your point of view. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Sometimes it also gets confusing with them all, because something happens to my fantastical brain that makes it lose its cool and forget what excerpt is from what book: P ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

Editor's note: Have a look at this excerpt from the recently revised NASA Organization description. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Which reminds me that I haven't shared an excerpt from the novella yet. ❋ Nalini Singh (2010)

I don't really mind if the excerpt is posted before the book comes out, because it ensures that I never lose interest. ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

I wrote about it over at Selenian Boondocks, and one excerpt is as follows: ❋ Unknown (2009)

An excerpt from a New York Times article published in 1899 after the jump, with details of the maskers 'hijinks -- which included boys and men running around in women's clothing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't know if the book will ever be published, but here is an excerpt from the foreword of the book that sums up my feelings about those times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I always read the excerpt from the next book, sometimes I read it first. * g* ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

Here is an excerpt from the official press release: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Great excerpt, is this near the beginning of the book? ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

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