excerpt

Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a passage selected from a larger work
  2. verb take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

Etymology

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

excerption, extract, selection

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
passage
Narrower (hyponyms)
quotation, chrestomathy, analects, cut, clipping

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