excerpt
Plural: excerpts
Noun
- a passage selected from a larger work
- "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
- A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Verb
Verb Forms: excerpted, excerpting, excerpts
- To take a passage or section from a text.
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
Examples
- He could EXCERPT many winning strategies from the advanced Scrabble rulebook.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).
Synonyms
excerption, extract, selection, take out
Scrabble Score: 18
excerpt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexcerpt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
excerpt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary