excerption

A noun referring to a passage or segment selected from a larger work, such as a book, article, or speech.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un passage ou un fragment choisi d'une œuvre plus vaste, comme un livre, un article ou un discours.

1. Selected passage C1 formal

   A short passage or excerpt taken from a larger text, speech, or work.

   • The professor read an excerption from the ancient manuscript.
   • She included an excerption of the poem in her essay.
   • The anthology contains several excerptions from classic novels.

   🇫🇷Passage choisi

   Synonymes: excerptextractpassagequotationselectionsnippet