A passage selected from a larger work:
— He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings.

synonyms: excerption, extract, selection.

Roget 596: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect^†, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.    album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta^†, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium^†, flowers, anthology, collectanea^†, analecta^†; compilation.    recapitulation, resume, review.    abbreviation, abbreviature^†; contraction; shortening etc. 201; compression etc. 195.    ... show more

Dutch: fragment, passage, passage, fragment, epitome, excerpt, extract, uittreksel
Polish: ekscerpt

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

synonyms: extract, take out.