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1. (n.) excerpt
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
2. (v.t.) excerpt
to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.
3. excerpt
to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L excerptus, ptp. of excerpere to pick out)
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| Definition of 'excerpt' |
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1. (verb) excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
a passage selected from a larger work
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
2. (verb) excerpt, extract, take out
take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
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1. (noun) excerpt
an extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record
2. (verb) excerpt
to select; to extract; to cite; to quote
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Sense: a part taken from a book etc
I heard an excerpt from his latest novel on the radio.
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 Afrikaans: uittreksel |
 Arabic: مُقْتَطَف، نُبْذَه |
 Bulgarian: откъс |
 Brazilian: excerto |
 Czech: výňatek |
 German: der Auszug |
 Danish: uddrag |
 Greek: απόσπασμα |
 Spanish: extracto |
 Estonian: katkend |
 Farsi: گزیده؛ قطعه |
 Finnish: ote |
 French: extrait |
 Hebrew: קֶטָע |
 Hindi: उद्धत करना |
 Croatian: izvadak, odlomak |
 Hungarian: szemelvény |
 Indonesian: cuplikan |
 Icelandic: útdráttur, ágrip |
 Italian: estratto, brano |
 Japanese: 抜すい |
 Korean: 발췌, 초록 |
 Lithuanian: ištrauka |
 Latvian: fragments; izvilkums |
 Malay: petikan |
 Dutch: fragment |
 Norwegian: utdrag, utsnitt |
 Polish: fragment, ustęp |
 Persian: گزیده؛ قطعه |
 Pashto: .اقتباس، اخيستنه، ديوې لي |
 Portuguese: excerto |
 Romanian: fragment |
 Russian: отрывок |
 Slovak: úryvok |
 Slovenian: odlomek, izvleček |
 Serbian: odlomak |
 Swedish: utdrag |
 Thai: ข้อความที่ตัดตอนมา |
 Turkish: alıntı |
 Taiwanese: 摘錄 |
 Ukrainian: витяг; цитата |
 Urdu: کسی کتاب ، فلم وغیرہ کا ا |
 Vietnamese: đoạn trích |
 Chinese: 摘录 |
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