| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Excerpt.[Websters]
2. To have passaged or tracked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be abstracted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be docketed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have summarized, epitomized or summarised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be abridged, condensed or abbreviated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have reprinted or separated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be scented or perfumed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have snatched, lifted or picked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be mortgaged.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb excerpt.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (excerpt) | 1. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.[Wordnet]. 2. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: excerpting, excerpted, excerpts, excerpter, excerpters, excerptingly and excerptedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXCERPTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references) |
Specialty Definition: excerpt
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To select. [Not used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Information | A passage reproduced verbatim from a document. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Technology | A lengthy verbatim selection taken from a speech or written work, usually longer than a quotation. Reprinting an excerpt without permission may be an infringement of copyright. Excerpts are sometimes published in the form of a digest (example: Book Review Digest). Compare with extract. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media. (references) | 2: [Verb] To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: excerpt | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera" | 3 | Excerpt from "A Teenage Opera" | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
