excerpt (verb)

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• excerpt — ► NOUN ▪ a short extract from a film or piece of music or writing. ► VERB ▪ take (a short extract) from a text. ORIGIN from Latin excerpere pluck out …   English terms dictionary

• excerpt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, short ▪ lengthy, long ▪ Here is a rather lengthy excerpt from the essay. ▪ 5 minute …   Collocations dictionary

• excerpt, extract — These words have several different meanings as both noun and verb, but each may refer to a passage or scene selected from a book, play, or article. Basically, to excerpt is to pick out, to pluck, whereas to extract is to remove, often with force …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• excerpt — ♦♦♦ excerpts, excerpted (The noun is pronounced [[t]e̱ksɜː(r)pt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]eksɜ͟ː(r)pt[/t]].) 1) N COUNT: oft N from n An excerpt is a short piece of writing or music which is taken from a larger piece. ...an excerpt from… …   English dictionary

• excerpt — noun ɛksə:pt a short extract from a film, broadcast, text, or piece of music. verb ɪk sə:pt, ɛk take (a short extract) from a text. Derivatives excerptible adjective excerption noun Origin C16 (as v.): from L. excerpt , excerpere pluck out …   English new terms dictionary

• excerpt — 1. noun an excerpt from the poem Syn: extract, part, section, piece, portion, snippet, clip, bit, sample; reading, citation, quotation, quote, line, passage 2. verb a portion of her play was excerpted for the magazine …   Thesaurus of popular words

• excerpt — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere, from ex + carpere to gather, pluck more at harvest Date: 15th century 1. to select (a passage) for quoting ; extract 2. to take or publish extracts from (as a book) •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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 2. verb To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work …   Wiktionary

• excerpt — noun /ˈɛksɜpt / (say ekserpt) 1. a passage taken out of a book or the like; an extract. –verb (t) /ɛkˈsɜpt / (say ek serpt) 2. to take out (a passage) from a book or the like; extract. {Latin excerptus, past participle, picked out} –excerption,… …  

• take out — verb 1. cause to leave (Freq. 7) The teacher took the children out of the classroom • Syn: ↑move out, ↑remove • Hyponyms: ↑clear, ↑call in, ↑estrange …   Useful english dictionary

• pick out — verb 1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (Freq. 4) Take any one of these cards Choose a good husband for your daughter She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her • Syn: ↑choose, ↑take,… …   Useful english dictionary