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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.
  • v. To select or use (a passage or segment from a longer work).
  • v. To select or use material from (a longer work).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
  • v. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
  • n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take or cull out (a passage in a written or printed work); select; cite; extract.
  • n. An extract from a written or printed work: as, excerpts from the records.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a passage selected from a larger work
  • v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
    • Verb Form
    excerpted    excerpting    excerpts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pick out    select    take    choose   
    Form
    excerpted    excerpting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    select    extract    cite    quote    quotation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    usurped   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quotation    extract    transcript    quote    paragraph    snippet   
     
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