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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cerpt /ˈɛksɜrpt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like;
extract:The pastor read excerpts from the Bible.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cerpt (n. ek′sûrpt;v. ik sûrpt′, ek′sûrpt),USA pronunciation n. - a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like;
extract. v.t. - 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.
- Latin excerptus (past participle of excerpere to pick out, pluck out), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + -cerp- (combining form of carpere to pluck) + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English 1375–1425
ex•cerpt′er, ex•cerp′tor, n. ex•cerpt′i•ble, adj. ex•cerp′tion, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged selection, portion, section, part.
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