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excerpt

/ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/noun, verb2 syllables

Excerpt means: a passage selected from a larger work.

Synonyms for excerpt4

noun, as in a passage selected from a larger work

excerption, extract, selection

verb, as in take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

extract, take out

What does excerpt mean?2

noun

1

a passage selected from a larger work“he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”

verb

1

take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Excerpt in a sentence

  • The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.Anon
  • Dan played an excerpt of classical music to the students.Amastan
  • The following passage is an excerpt from a well-known fairy story.sundown
  • I was planning to include an excerpt from The Chronicles of Narnia.Joseph

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Forms of excerpt

as a noun

plural
excerpts

as a verb

past tense
excerpted
present participle
excerpting
third-person singular
excerpts
past participle
excerpted