excerpt

excerpt is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
2. noun. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
3. noun. a passage selected from a larger work

   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

   Synonyms: excerption, extract, selection

4. verb. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

   Synonyms: extract

Synonyms

excerption, extract, selection

Common word forms

excerpts, excerpted, excerpter, excerpting

Words from these letters

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