excerpt
UK/ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t//ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/
excerpt noun: a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Noun
excerpt (plural excerpts)
Verb
excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)
- To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
- out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of Waltham Abbey
excerpt meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
excerpt in Marathi
- a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work
- उतारा utārā
excerpt in Urdu
- excerpt
- کھنڈ khanḍ
excerpt in Bengali
- উদ্ধৃতাংশ, সংগ্রহ, উদ্ধৃতি, উদ্ধৃত বাক্য, সংগ্রহ করা, উদ্ধৃত করা
excerpt in Malayalam
- extract, part, section
- ഉദ്ധൃതവാക്യം, ഭാഗം, ഒരുഗ്രന്ഥത്തിൽനിന്നുമെടുത്ത ഭാഗം, ഗ്രന്ഥഭാഗം, ഖണ്ഡം, തുണ്ട്
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- excerpt in Kannada
- ಆಯ್ದ ತುಣುಕು, ಆಯ್ದ ತುಂಡು, ಉದ್ಧೃತ ಭಾಗ, ಆಯ್ದುಕೊಂಡ ಭಾಗ
- excerpt in Arabic
- نبذة – مقتطفات من
- excerpt in Indonesian
- cuplikan, mencuplik
Examples of excerpt in a sentence
- This book also has many excerpts from the newspost, which is kind of new.
- My students enjoyed doing a quick-write using this excerpt from Eve Bunting's novel SOS Titanic.
- Some of the stolen excerpts on the FAQ include such sayings which are particular to certain families.
Forms of excerpt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | excerpts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | excerpts |
| present participle | excerpting |
| past participle | excerpted |
| past | excerpted |
Origin of excerpt
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).
Words formed from excerpt
Questions about excerpt
- What does excerpt mean?
- Excerpt means a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
- What is excerpt in Marathi?
- Excerpt in Marathi is उतारा (utārā). See Excerpt meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is excerpt?
- Excerpt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce excerpt?
- Excerpt is pronounced /ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/ (UK).
- What is the plural of excerpt?
- The plural of excerpt is excerpts.
Words near excerpt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excerpt (page history and authors); کھنڈ (Urdu) (page history and authors); excerpt (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excerpt (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); excerpt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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