excerpt
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
excerpt (plural excerpts)
- a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
Translations [edit]
a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work
Verb [edit]
excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)
- To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
Translations [edit]
to select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work
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External links [edit]
- excerpt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- excerpt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
