excerpting

Speech parts

1. excerpting - Noun

2. excerpting - Verb

Meaning

of Excerpt

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

piece portion selection passage controlling extract fragment quotation copying contracting clipping cull glean condensing stating
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Antonyms

increasing continuing stretching strengthening broadening sprawling
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Examples

For example, after excerpting a long passage from Emile (1762), Wollstonecraft pithily states, "I shall make no other comments on this ingenious passage, than just to observe, that it is the philosophy of lasciviousness." Source: Internet

Freeman (2013), 222-24, points out that the purpose of excerpting music from other composer's operas is an assertion of superiority – and a highly effective one. Source: Internet

Excerpting a chapter at a time is a great way to bring readers into your story. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

excerpted excerpter excerptible excerption excerptive excerptor