| NOUN | communication | excerption, excerpt, extract, selection | a passage selected from a larger / larger work |
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| Meaning | A passage selected from a larger / larger work. | |
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| Synonyms | excerpt, extract, selection | |
| Instances | Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah | A short / short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah |
| Narrower | analects, analecta | A collection of excerpts from a literary work |
| chrestomathy | A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | |
| clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting | An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | |
| cut, track | A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | |
| quotation, quote, citation | A passage or expression that is quoted or cited / cited | |
| Broader | passage | A section of text |
| Spanish | extracto, fragmento, pasaje | |
| Catalan | fragment, passatge | |
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