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excerpt

Definition

  • noun: a small part of a longer written work
  • verb: to select (a passage) for quoting
  • verb: to include (part of a longer written work) in something else
  • usually used as '(be) excerpted'
  • synonyms: extract, select, cite

Examples

  • I've read only 'excerpts' of/from 'Moby-Dick', never the whole book.

  • Portions of her novel 'were excerpted' in a literary magazine.

  • This article 'was excerpted' from the 'New York Times'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Actually, we're going to have to skip the dance class today. Actually, we can't skip the dance class today. We have a big recital coming up. - We're doing an excerpt from Swan Lake. - Yeah, Swan Lake! That's fantastic. Wonderful. But we're going to deliver cookies! Come on! (..)
    2010 Despicable Me