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EXCERPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A passage selected from a larger work
Example:
he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Synonyms:
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("excerption" is a kind of...):
passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excerption"):
chrestomathy (a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language)
analecta; analects (a collection of excerpts from a literary work)
clipping; cutting; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine)
cut; track (a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc)
citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
Instance hyponyms:
Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah (a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah)
