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/ˈeksɜːpt/noun

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अंश, उद्धरण, सार

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noun
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    [C] ~ (from sth)

    a short piece of writing, music or film taken from a longer whole

    अंश, उद्धरण, सार

    • an excerpt from Gandhiji's autobiography
    • The magazine published an excerpt from the author's new novel before its release.
    • Read this excerpt from the speech and answer the questions.
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    • The newspaper printed an excerpt from the minister's interview.
    • We listened to a short excerpt from a famous symphony.

    Synonyms extract passage quotation selection clip

verb/ekˈsɜːpt/
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    [T] ~ sth (from sth)

    to take a short piece of writing or music from a longer whole

    अंश निकालना

    • The passage was excerpted from a novel.
    • The writer excerpted three paragraphs from the long report for the newspaper.
    • The editor excerpted two pages from the long novel.
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    • The quote was excerpted from a longer speech.
    • Only a small part of the poem is excerpted in the textbook.

    Synonyms extract quote cite select

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

ex·cerpt

With -cerpt (not 'exerpt' or 'excert').

अंत में -cerpt ('exerpt' या 'excert' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the part-of-a-text words together: excerpt and extract (a short part taken from a longer work), quotation (exact words repeated), passage (a section of text), abstract (a short summary of a research paper), précis (a summary).

पाठ के अंश के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: excerpt और extract (लंबी रचना से लिया छोटा भाग), quotation (दोहराए गए हूबहू शब्द), passage (पाठ का खंड), abstract (शोध-पत्र का छोटा सारांश), précis (सारांश)।

§Grammar and usage

Noun EXcerpt, verb exCERPT.

Pronunciation: जब excerpt noun होता है, तो stress पहले syllable पर आता है, यानी EXcerpt। जब यह verb होता है, तो stress दूसरे syllable पर आता है, यानी exCERPT।