ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCERPT
From Latin excerptum, literally: (something) picked out, from excerpere to select, from carpere to pluck.
WHAT DOES EXCERPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of excerpt in the English dictionary
The definition of excerpt in the dictionary is a part or passage taken from a book, speech, play, etc, and considered on its own; extract. Other definition of excerpt is to take from a book, speech, play, etc.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCERPT
PRESENT
Present
I excerpt
you excerpt
he/she/it excerpts
we excerpt
you excerpt
they excerpt
Present continuous
I am excerpting
you are excerpting
he/she/it is excerpting
we are excerpting
you are excerpting
they are excerpting
Present perfect
I have excerpted
you have excerpted
he/she/it has excerpted
we have excerpted
you have excerpted
they have excerpted
Present perfect continuous
I have been excerpting
you have been excerpting
he/she/it has been excerpting
we have been excerpting
you have been excerpting
they have been excerpting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I excerpted
you excerpted
he/she/it excerpted
we excerpted
you excerpted
they excerpted
Past continuous
I was excerpting
you were excerpting
he/she/it was excerpting
we were excerpting
you were excerpting
they were excerpting
Past perfect
I had excerpted
you had excerpted
he/she/it had excerpted
we had excerpted
you had excerpted
they had excerpted
Past perfect continuous
I had been excerpting
you had been excerpting
he/she/it had been excerpting
we had been excerpting
you had been excerpting
they had been excerpting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will excerpt
you will excerpt
he/she/it will excerpt
we will excerpt
you will excerpt
they will excerpt
Future continuous
I will be excerpting
you will be excerpting
he/she/it will be excerpting
we will be excerpting
you will be excerpting
they will be excerpting
Future perfect
I will have excerpted
you will have excerpted
he/she/it will have excerpted
we will have excerpted
you will have excerpted
they will have excerpted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been excerpting
you will have been excerpting
he/she/it will have been excerpting
we will have been excerpting
you will have been excerpting
they will have been excerpting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would excerpt
you would excerpt
he/she/it would excerpt
we would excerpt
you would excerpt
they would excerpt
Conditional continuous
I would be excerpting
you would be excerpting
he/she/it would be excerpting
we would be excerpting
you would be excerpting
they would be excerpting
Conditional perfect
I would have excerpt
you would have excerpt
he/she/it would have excerpt
we would have excerpt
you would have excerpt
they would have excerpt
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been excerpting
you would have been excerpting
he/she/it would have been excerpting
we would have been excerpting
you would have been excerpting
they would have been excerpting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you excerpt
we let´s excerpt
you excerpt
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
excerpted
Present Participle
excerpting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
2 QUOTES WITH «EXCERPT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
excerpt.
It's very important to understand that the 'Talk' piece was not an excerpt, it was an adaptation, which means I compressed different parts of the book and made a new piece.
I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCERPT»
Discover the use of
excerpt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
excerpt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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SAS/STAT 9.3 User's Guide: Survival Analysis (Book
Excerpt)
This book is an excerpt from the SAS/STAT User's Guide; it contains the chapters "Introduction to Survival Analysis Procedures," "The LIFEREG Procedure," "The LIFETEST Procedure," and "The PHREG Procedure," and an excerpt from the chapter ...
2
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife
A Harvard-trained neurosurgeon shares a minute-by-minute account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned ...
3
SAS/STAT 9. 3 User's Guide: Mixed Modeling (Book
Excerpt)
This book is an excerpt from the SAS/STAT User's Guide; it contains the chapters "Introduction to Mixed Modeling Procedures," "The GLIMMIX Procedure," "The MIXED Procedure," and "The NLMIXED Procedure," and an excerpt from the chapter ...
SAS Institute, SAS Publishing, 2011
4
SAS/STAT 9. 2 User's Guide: The GLIMMIX Procedure (Book
Excerpt)
The GLIMMIX procedure fits and analyzes generalized linear mixed models (GLMM), models with random effects for data that can be nonnormally distributed.
SAS Institute, Publishing SAS Publishing, 2008
His life is one of both excessive privilege and immutable obligation. He becomes a monster. James Boice is a startling and exciting new voice in fiction, and MVP is his ambitious and fascinating debut.
6
Tessa (
Excerpt): From Fear to Faith
From Fear to Faith Melissa Wiltrout. “Before you feed her, you should check the
temperature of the milk on your wrist, like this,” she said. “This feels just about
right.” Following her example, I dipped a finger in the milk and sprinkled my wrist.
7
ERADICATE (
Excerpt): Blotting Out God in America
... in America David Fiorazo. You're reading an excerpt Click to purchase the
expanded edition on Amazon Click to purchase theprint version on Amazon 1 C
HAPTER 1 WHY TRUTH MATTERS YOUR WORLDVIEW AFFECTS
EVERYTHING.
8
The Name of The Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:
You may have heard of me' So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to ...
9
My Baby's Feet (
Excerpt): Choice, Death, and the Aftermath
... reading a free excerpt click to purchase the expanded edition on Amazon Click
to purchase the print version on Amazon Acknowledgments I thank my husband,
Wayne, for lovingly accepting me.
10
The Shakers and the World's People
Sister Frances Carr: for excerpt from "A Letter to Jennifer." Columbia University
Press and Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association: for excerpt from The
Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Ralph L. Rusk (Columbia University Press,
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCERPT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
excerpt is used in the context of the following news items.
Excerpt: Kristen Soltis Anderson's 'The Selfie Vote'
Excerpted from THE SELFIE VOTE: Where Millennials are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep up) by Kristen Soltis Anderson, ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
Author Experiments With Genius.com Excerpt
“Basically, Juiceboxxx and I both annotated the excerpt with notes, clarifications, and interview material from the cutting room floor, and then did ... «GalleyCat, Jul 15»
Book excerpt from Shashi Tharoor's Riot: Communal violence and …
Editor's Note: 24-year-old Priscilla Hart, an American woman volunteering with an NGO in a remote northern town of India, is stabbed to death ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
The Great Indian Novel book excerpt: Renunciation— the Bed of …
Editor's note: The Great Indian Novel (1989) is Shashi Tharoo's debut work of fiction in which he deftly combines his adulation for the great ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Excerpt: Is This Really What Being a Christian Is About?
Choreographer and coordinator George Scott Chandler shares his journey growing up gay in a Southern Baptist community in this excerpt from ... «Advocate.com, Jul 15»
Randy Blythe Recalls 2010 Prague Concert in 'Dark Days' Excerpt
One such excerpt currently appears at Rolling Stone and reflects on Blythe's memory from May 24, 2010, the day that a young fan named ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»
An Apology to Every Single American (Excerpt from VICE News …
In this excerpt, Morell admits that the intelligence the CIA produced about Saddam Hussein's nuclear intentions, which paved the way to war, ... «VICE News, Jul 15»
Excerpt: 'Taming Lily' by Monica Murphy
HEA shares an excerpt from Monica Murphy's new erotic romantic suspense, Taming Lily, book three in her Fowler Sisters series. (Get Jessie ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Excerpt: 'SEAL Wolf Hunting' by Terry Spear
Terry Spear joins us to share an excerpt from her new SEAL Wolf Hunting, book 16 in her Heart of the Wolf series. About the book (courtesy of ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Read an Excerpt from 'Meanwhile There Are Letters: The …
Read an Excerpt from 'Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald'. Article · Comments ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
