απόσπασμα — meaning in English

English meaning

• excerpt noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
• extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
• fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
• passage noun A short section of a text, speech, or piece of music.
• snippet noun A short piece taken from something bigger, such as a tune or a piece of cloth.

Senses

απόσπασμα is used for these senses in English:

• extract A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
• fragment (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
• snippet A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

excerpt — full definition

1. noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
2. verb To take a passage out of a longer work in order to quote or publish it separately.

extract — full definition

1. verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
2. noun A short passage taken from a longer piece of writing, speech, or recording.
3. noun A concentrated substance obtained by drawing out the essential part of something.

Related Greek words