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| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation; something taken from a whole |
| Synonyms: | extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection, pericope |
| Antonyms: | insert, whole |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a part from a whole |
| Synonyms: | choose, cite, cull, extract, glean, note, pick, quote, select, pick out, single out |
| Antonyms: | insert |
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Notes: | choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something condensed from whole |
| Synonyms: | abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, distillation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection, decoction, distillate, elicitation |
| Antonyms: | insertion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, reference, refer to, retell |
| Main Entry: | selection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preference from among choices |
| Synonyms: | alternative, choice, choosing, collection, draft, election, excerpt, option, pick, culling, druthers, picking |
| Antonyms: | refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, bob, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, minimize, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim, blue pencil, boil down*, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell |
| Antonyms: | amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sound bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very brief broadcast statement |
| Synonyms: | blurb*, buzzword, clip, excerpt, notation, note, one-liner, passage, photo opportunity, piece, quotation, quote, saying, selection, slogan, snippet, fifteen minutes of fame, news item, newsbreak, outtake, spot news |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, driblet, peanuts, shard, shaving, tittle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell, allude to, appeal to, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, refer to |
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug*, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quotation/quote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition of something spoken or written by someone |
| Synonyms: | citation, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection, citing |
| Main Entry: | refer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mention |
| Synonyms: | accredit, adduce, advert, allude, ascribe, assign, associate, attribute, bring up, charge, cite, credit, designate, excerpt, exemplify, extract, glance, hint, impute, indicate, insert, instance, interpolate, introduce, invoke, lay, name, notice, point, point out, quote, specify, direct attention, give as example, make allusion, make mention of, make reference, put down to, speak about, speak of, touch on |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information transmitted |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, briefing, bulletin, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, information, intelligence, language, message, missive, news, note, précis, prophecy, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work, communiqué, hot story, ideas, info, inside story, lowdown, pipeline, poop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select a quotation |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, choose, cite, condense, copy, cull, cut out, deduce, derive, educe, elicit, evolve, excerpt, glean, quote, shorten, bring forth |
| Antonyms: | insert, edit in |
| Main Entry: | archive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, usually of records |
| Synonyms: | annals, papers, roll, chronicles, clippings, documents, excerpts, extracts, files, registers, scrolls, writings |
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