excerpt

English - Turkish

Definition of excerpt in English Turkish dictionary: {i} alıntı
Öğrenciler kitaptan bir alıntıyı analiz etmek zorundalar. - The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.; {i} (bir kitaptan/yazıdan) seçilmiş parça, pasaj; {f} alıntı yapmak; {i} pasaj; {i} seçme parça; {f} seçme parça almak; {i} özel baskı; {f} al; almak (kitaptan alıntı vb); almak
excerpts: pasajlar
excerpted: çıkartılmış
excerpted: seçilmiş
excerpted: alınmış

English - English

Definition of excerpt in English English dictionary: To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work; a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media; an extract or selection from written or printed matter; An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record; {i} extract, passage selected from a book or text, quotation; {a} plucked off, cropt, picked, gathered; A portion taken from a larger work, such as when portions of a book appear as a magazine article; An excerpt is a short piece of writing or music which is taken from a larger piece. an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. = extract. a short piece taken from a book, poem, piece of music etc excerpt of/from (past participle of excerpere, from carpere ); A passage of music, such as an aria from an opera or oratorio, or movement from a symphony, which is extracted from a complete work and published or performed separately (Thorin); To select; to extract; to cite; to quote; a selected passage or quotation from a larger work F Format: In its widest sense, any particular physical representation of a document, e g book, videocassette, microfiche, sound recording, etc G Gazetteer: a dictionary of geographical names; {f} take out a passage or phrase (from a book, text, etc.); take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy; a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"; a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
excerption: {n} the act of gleaning, a selection
excerption: An excerpt. Formerly also, a collection of excerpts
excerption: The action of choosing or taking excerpts
excerpted: Constisting of excerpts
excerpted: past of excerpt
excerpting: present participle of excerpt
excerption: The act of excerpting or selecting
excerption: {i} passage selected from a larger literary work; selection; extract; quotation, citation; act of selecting
excerption: That which is selected or gleaned; an extract
excerpts: third-person singular of excerpt
excerpts: plural of excerpt

excerpt

Hyphenation

ex·cerpt

Turkish pronunciation

eksırpt

Synonyms

extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, pericope, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection, choose

Antonyms

insert, whole

Pronunciation

/ekˈsərpt/ /ɛkˈsɜrpt/

Etymology

[ ek-'s&rpt, eg-'z&rpt, ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”) ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”)