snippet
To produce a snippet ofTo produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
» I collect snippets of information from a variety of sources.
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2 senses(often, transitive)To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.
To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
Examples
4 sentencesI collect snippets of information from a variety of sources.
She gave me a snippet of information which is top secret.
What we know of the game's lore is assembled from numerous fragmentary snippets of text found in item descriptions, dialog, and cutscenes.
And miraculously, he lifted his own violin and started playing, by ear, certain snippets of violin concertos.
Origin
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
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Forms
snippets, snippeting, snippeted, snippetedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.