excerpt

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (to pick out) < ex (out) + carpere (to pick, pluck)

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[edit] Noun

Singular
excerpt

Plural
excerpts

excerpt (plural excerpts)

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

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to excerpt

Third person singular
excerpts

Simple past
excerpted

Past participle
excerpted

Present participle
excerpting

to excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)

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

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