excerpt
Meaning of excerpt
noun
- a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
she read out excerpts from an article in the Times
- take (a short extract) from a text.
the notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography
mid 16th century (as a verb): from Latin excerpt- ‘plucked out’, from the verb excerpere, from ex- ‘out of’ + carpere ‘to pluck’.
Information about excerpt
- The plural form of excerpt is: excerpts.
- Languages in which excerpt is used:
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Hyphenation of excerpt
ex-cerpt
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- excerpt is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
excerpt synonyms
Meaning excerption:
excerption, extract, selection
Meaning extract:
Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:
Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a part of a whole:
Meaning an isolated or incomplete part of something:
Meaning a small piece or brief extract:
Meaning a flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning the action or skill of reading:
Meaning a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker:
Meaning a quotation from a text or speech:
Meaning a long, narrow mark or band:
Meaning a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering:
Meaning a short extract from a book or other printed material:
Meaning the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred:
Meaning writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme:
Meaning a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse:
Meaning one of the sections into which certain long poems are divided:
Meaning a citation:
Meaning an extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible:
Translation of excerpt
- German: Auszug
- Italian: estratto, frammento
- Spanish: fragmento, extracto
- French: extrait
- Portuguese: excerto
Words that rhyme with excerpt
No rhymes for excerpt found