Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film.
- transitive verb To select or use (a passage or segment from a longer work).
- transitive verb To select or use material from (a longer work).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take or cull out (a passage in a written or printed work); select; cite; extract.
- noun An extract from a written or printed work: as, excerpts from the records.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
- transitive verb To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
clip ,snippet ,passage orextract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or othermedia - verb To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a passage selected from a larger work
- verb take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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* % excerpt% - A text-only excerpt of the body content.
Digital Point Forums alex190 2010
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I love ancient myths … history was one of my favorite classes and I looked it up and heres in excerpt from the wiki article:
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The focus of this excerpt is the lack of freedom of blacks (non-whites in general, actually, as it also included Chinese, Filipinos, native Americans, people from the Indian subcontinent and others).
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BM: This excerpt is the opening page or two of the book.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Billy Mernit, Part 1 2008
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Bobbi Rightmyer presents The Baby Bones posted at My Muse and Me, saying, “This excerpt is approximately 900 words.”
Creative Carnival – November 8th NaNoWriMo Edition « Write Anything 2008
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To celebrate the milestone, I've posted a 2,000-word excerpt from the opening of the book:
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One clarification – the Truscott quoted in your excerpt is actually one of the few members of the club who is PRO-Hemings descendants.
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This excerpt is a good example of Hemans's style, which is either "false stilted and trashy" or "sweet and elegant," depending on your point of view.
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Editor's note: Have a look at this excerpt from the recently revised NASA Organization description.
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I wrote about it over at Selenian Boondocks, and one excerpt is as follows:
onursaka commented on the word excerpt
the passages are excerpts from longer works
January 31, 2012