excerpt
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
excerpt (plural excerpts)
- A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Translations edit
a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work
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Verb edit
excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)
- (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of Waltham Abbey:
- out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars
Translations edit
to select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work
Further reading edit
- “excerpt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “excerpt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Danish edit
Noun edit
excerpt n (singular definite excerptet, plural indefinite excerpter)
Declension edit
Declension of excerpt
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | excerpt | excerptet | excerpter | excerpterne |
genitive | excerpts | excerptets | excerpters | excerpternes |
Further reading edit
- “excerpt” in Den Danske Ordbog