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Definition of Excerpt
1. Noun. A passage selected from a larger work. "He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
Generic synonyms: Passage
Specialized synonyms: Chrestomathy, Analecta, Analects, Clipping, Cutting, Newspaper Clipping, Press Clipping, Press Cutting, Cut, Track, Citation, Quotation, Quote
Specialized synonyms: Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtarah, Haphtorah
Derivative terms: Extract
2. Verb. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Extract
Definition of Excerpt
1. v. t. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
2. n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
Definition of Excerpt
1. Noun. a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media ¹
2. Verb. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excerpt
1. to pick out a passage from for quoting [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excerpt
Literary usage of Excerpt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library (1866)
"Loud, 1842 (excerpt Min. Proc. Inst CE, vol. 2. ... 1853 Description of the
prismatic clinometer; a new pocket instrument for (excerpt Min. Proc. ..."
2. America and the Canal Title; Or, An Examination, Sifting and Interpretation by Joseph C. Freehoff (1916)
"Contrast these warnings with the following excerpt from an address ... The excerpt
from the address by President Wilson mirrors the underlying spirit of his ..."
3. Kant's Cosmogony as in His Essay on the Retardation of the Rotation of the by Immanuel Kant, William Hastie (1900)
"excerpt Authorised by Kant.—An excerpt from the original work of 1755 was published,
... This excerpt extended to near the close of the fifth chapter, ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"In view of the court's Instruction as a whole, we think the giving of the excerpt
to which exception Is taken, without Indicating what particular part of ..."
5. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1913)
"... share, allotment, apportionment. quotation, n. citation, excerpt. quotation marks.
guillemets. quote, v. cite, repeat, paraphrase, excerpt. ..."
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