excerpt

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛɡzɜ(ɹ)(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɜ(ɹ)(p)t/, /ɛkˈsɜ(ɹ)(p)t/, /ˈɛksɜ(ɹ)(p)t/

Noun

excerpt (plural excerpts)

1. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.

Translations

• French: extrait, passage
• German: Auszug, Exzerpt
• Portuguese: trecho, passagem, excerto
• Russian: отры́вок
• Spanish: extracto, excerpta, excerta, fragmento

Verb

excerpt (excerpts, present participle excerpting; past excerpted, past participle excerpted)

1. (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

   • out of which we have excerpted the following particulars

Translations

• French: extraire
• German: exzerpieren
• Russian: де́лать

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