excerpt

excerpt from (something)

To use a passage from or section of something, often a text. A noun or pronoun can be used between "excerpt" and 'from." I'm planning to excerpt this section from "Hamlet" in my term paper so that the professor can see my close reading of it.
See also: excerpt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

excerpt something from something

to select a part of something from the whole. We excerpted a few short scenes from the play and performed them for the class. A few paragraphs had been excerpted from the film as an example.
See also: excerpt
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • excerpt from
  • excerpt from (something)
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
References in periodicals archive
Media Ethics Between Iraq and a Hard Place (excerpt) Jay Black
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In the construct of Kunstlerroman, the woman diarist is the "artist/creator" of her life story and diary excerpts proceed through the stages of "growth, discovery, creation, and reflection." Carter divides the text into five sections: Turbulent Beginnings; Conflict and Confusion; Hesitation and Pause; Exploration; Love, Loss and Work.
Kathryn Carter, ed. The Small Details of Life: Twenty Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996
Fitzgerald, Criminal Law and Punishment (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962) excerpted in Reconstructing Criminal Law, ibid.
Reconstructing Criminal Law - Text and Materials
This compilation of excerpts from twenty-five African epics introduces the reader to the dynamic epic traditions of Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Egypt, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
Oral Epics from Africa; Vibrant Voices from a Vast Continent
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Excerpt from "What Became of the Slaves on a Southern Plantation; Great Auction Sale of Slaves, by Q.K.
Digitized primary source documents from the Library of Congress in history and social studies curriculum
Mean ratings of liking, complexity and appropriateness assigned by yoga and aerobics participants to five musical excerpts Excerpt Group/Variable 1 2 3 4 5 Yoga/Liking 5.80 7.08 7.44 2.52 1.68 Yoga/Complexity 2.72 4.04 4.56 7.88 8.40 Yoga/Appropriateness 6.96 7.32 7.26 3.12 1.92 Aerobics/Liking 5.04 5.75 7.20 1.39 1.04 Aerobics/Complexity 2.76 3.61 3.70 7.64 9.24 Aerobics / Appropriateness 4.52 5.30 5.83 1.64 0.72 Product moment correlation coefficients were calculated for both groups between the mean liking and mean appropriateness ratings assigned to the five experimental excerpts.
Responses to music in aerobic exercise and yogic relaxation classes
Excerpted from How to Survive an IRS Attack by Cheryl R.
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PROMT is (a) An abstract database (b) A full-text database (c) An excerpt database.
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That excerpt that sparked discussions is not in the curriculum.
Excerpts from Manas epic describing sex scene mistakenly got into textbook for schoolchildren
Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, Volume 1: The Top Ten by Daniel Grabois.
Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, Volume 1: The Top Ten by Daniel Grabois