excerpt

Found in thesaurus: passage, select, pick out, choose, take

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excerpt
n. extract, passage selected from a book or text, quotation
 
v. take out a passage or phrase (from a book, text, etc.)

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excerpt

Noun
1. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
(synonym) extract, selection
(hypernym) passage
(hyponym) Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
(derivation) extract, take out

Verb
1. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
(synonym) extract, take out
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(derivation) extract, selection


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excerpt (het)
n. excerpt, extract

Babylon English-CzechDownload this dictionary
excerpt
n. ukázka

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excerpt
Rzecz. fragment; urywek