excerpt
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract.
to take or select passages from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.
Origin of excerpt
1Other words for excerpt
Other words from excerpt
- ex·cerpt·er, ex·cerp·tor, noun
- ex·cerpt·i·ble, adjective
- ex·cerp·tion, noun
- un·ex·cerpt·ed, adjective
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How to use excerpt in a sentence
That cathartic impulse was evident all evening, beginning with the 20-minute excerpts from Sophocles’s “Philoctetes” and “Women of Trachis” from which McDormand, Faison and Marjolaine Goldsmith and Nyasha Hatendi read.
During a pandemic, the medical profession turns to Greek tragedy — to heal | Peter Marks | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostBelow are lightly edited excerpts, as well as a full video recording of the conversation.
Freezing Weather, COVID Pivots: How ‘Eater’s Guide to the World’ Was Made | Eater Staff | November 20, 2020 | EaterIn this excerpt from her new memoir, Undaunted, Goldin talks about how being unafraid to show up uninvited helped her launch a stellar career.
To take control of your career, ask for what you want—directly and explicitly | matthewheimer | November 8, 2020 | FortuneShe had them read an excerpt from the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton explaining why he believed in the electoral college and another piece with the opposing view.
During election week like no other, teachers help students make sense of it all | Joe Heim, Hannah Natanson, Valerie Strauss | November 7, 2020 | Washington PostBelow are lightly edited excerpts from their conversation, moderated by Eater editor Madeleine Davies, as well as a full video recording of the talk.
Three Eater Editors on the Costs of Winter Dining and a Return to Takeout | Ellie Krupnick | October 30, 2020 | Eater
Excerpted from Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate | Philip Dray | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTExcerpted from Moneyball for Government, published by Disruption Books, and reprinted with permission.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball? | Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExcerpted with the permission of the publisher, Rowman & Littlefield.
Excerpted by permission of Harper Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExcerpted from BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR Copyright © 2014 by Scott Saul.
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America | David Yaffe, Scott Saul | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe added many new titles that he had found or had excerpted from Grundtvig's criticism.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies | Archer TaylorThese questions once settled, the spurious structure may then be excerpted from the true.
The Story of Eclipses | George ChambersIn the Sentences one excerpted opinion was given and another possibly divergent, and at the end an adjustment was presented.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorIt would be tedious to follow its excerpted presentation of the profane and sacred matter.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorThen I went back over it in his presence and with the engineer's help excerpted a couple of the remarks by Oswald in this.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for excerpt
a part or passage taken from a book, speech, play, etc, and considered on its own; extract
(tr) to take (a part or passage) from a book, speech, play, etc
Origin of excerpt
1Derived forms of excerpt
- excerptor, noun
- excerptible, adjective
- excerption, noun
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