excerpt (n)
excerption (n)
extract (n)
selection (n)

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lex_filenum 10
def a passage selected from a larger work
examples he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Outgoing links
Hypernym passage
Derivationally related form extract → extract
Derivationally related form excerpt → excerpt
Hyponym chrestomathy; analects, analecta; clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting; cut, track; quotation, quote, citation
Instance Hyponym Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
Incoming links
Hyponym passage
Hypernym chrestomathy; analects, analecta; clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting; cut, track; quotation, quote, citation
Instance Hypernym Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah
Derivationally related form extract → extract
Derivationally related form excerpt → excerpt

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