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Plural of excerpt

regular plural

The plural of excerpt is excerpts.

Forms of excerpt

Singularexcerpt /ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/
Pluralexcerpts
Countablecountable

Excerpts in a sentence

  • This book also has many excerpts from the newspost, which is kind of new.2012 September 17, Tycho Brahe [pseudonym; Jerry Holkins], “Intro 9”, in Passion’s Howl (Penny Arcade; 9), Portland, Ore.: Oni Press…. From the entry newspost
  • Some of the stolen excerpts on the FAQ include such sayings which are particular to certain families.1997 July 20, Lord Drake and Kytheriea, “Plagarism^([sic]) Within the Pagan Community”, in soc.religion.paganism (Usenet), retrieved 18…. From the entry magyckal
  • Text excerpts from: An Introduction to Xenopaleontology: The Study of Ancient Extraterrestrial Life.1981 June, Joel Hagen, “Xenopaleontology”, in Heavy Metal, volume 5, number 3, page 42. From the entry xenopaleontology
  • Gallagher, Philippe Parreno excerpts and repeats, but uncompellingly.2007 March 2, Roberta Smith, “Visions That Flaunt Cartoon Pedigrees”, in New York Times. From the entry uncompellingly
  • Henry’s Budé text of the Photian excerpts that he does not make clear when we have fuller versions of the Photian text.2004, Alan Cameron, Greek Mythography in the Roman World, Oxford University Press. From the entry Photian

Meaning of excerpt

  1. noun A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
  2. verb To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

Full definition of excerpt

Questions about the plural of excerpt

What is the plural of excerpt?
The plural of excerpt is excerpts.
Is excerpt countable?
Excerpt is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excerpt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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