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excerpt

noun

1 excerpt

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, ... show more

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

verb

1 excerpt

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

synonyms: extract, take out.


Moby thesaurus: choose out, citation, cite, cull, cull out, decide between, excerption, extract, extraction, glean, handpick, make a selection, passage, pick, pick out, quotation, quote, select, selected passage, selection ... show more.

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