excerption
English Thesaurus
1. a passage selected from a larger work (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | passage, |
| definition | : | a section of text; particularly a section of medium length (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | chrestomathy, |
| definition | : | a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | analecta, analects, |
| definition | : | a collection of excerpts from a literary work (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cut, track, |
| definition | : | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | citation, quotation, quote, |
| definition | : | a passage or expression that is quoted or cited (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | haftarah, haftorah, haphtarah, haphtorah, |
| definition | : | a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | excerpt, extract, take out, |
| definition | : | take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | excerpt, extract, take out, |
| definition | : | take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy (verb.cognition) |
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