excerpted
Taken from larger
Excerpted describes something that has been taken as a selection from a larger work.
A chapter excerpted from a novel appears in a magazine; a passage excerpted from a speech gets quoted in news coverage.
The anthology contains poems excerpted from various collections.
The word implies deliberate selection of a representative or noteworthy portion.
Segment of text
- snippetSmall cut portion
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- sectionDistinct divided part
paragraph · quote · quotation · text · phrase · sentence · clip · portion
Deliberately selected and organized
- chosenSelected from alternatives
- editedAltered for improvement
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- selectiveChoosing with care
culled · gleaned · distilled · extracted · abridged · condensed · redacted · shortened
Cited passage or price
- citationMention of a source
- quoteRepeated words from another
- verbatimIn identical wording
- attributedAssigned to a source
cited · referenced · paraphrase · testimony · utterance · remark · saying · dictum
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- bibliographyList of cited works
- sourcePoint of origin
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
documentation · manuscript · publication · archive · anthology · corpus · treatise · volume
passage
Segment of text
section · paragraph · quote · quotation · text · phrase · sentence · clip · portion · segment
curated
Deliberately selected and organized
- chosenSelected from alternatives
- editedAltered for improvement
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
selective · culled · gleaned · distilled · extracted · abridged · condensed · redacted · shortened · trimmed
quotation
Cited passage or price
attributed · cited · referenced · paraphrase · testimony · utterance · remark · saying · dictum · pronouncement
citation
Mention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- bibliographyList of cited works
- sourcePoint of origin
reference · documentation · manuscript · publication · archive · anthology · corpus · treatise · volume · edition
excerptedinserted
Put inside or between
included · incorporated · integrated · added · appended
- book excerptQuoted section from publication
- musical excerptsPortions from compositions