excerpt
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈɛk.sɜːrpt/
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extracto
- And I want to read you an excerpt from the biography.
- article excerpt
- music excerpt
- video excerpts
And I want to read you an excerpt from the biography.
- And I want to read you an excerpt from the biography.
- And you can see how this happened in these excerpts from the Christmas Mass.
- Robert McElwain provides excerpts from these letters in his book.
- Yesterday, excerpts of the book were leaked.
- There are voice actors who read out loud interview excerpts from the research that the author does.
- Like there, I want to read an excerpt from one recent article on the Hill.
- Now, as I said, this is just one small excerpt of some of the content from my new book Love Life.
- And so that excerpt got spread around, and there was Shuler King called me.
- And this, this Here's a little excerpt from their their meeting.
- Among them is The Republic, which we read excerpts from for today.
- And here's a little excerpt from from A Private Cosmos.
Examples
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And you can see how this happened in these excerpts from the Christmas Mass.
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Ladies and gentlemen... what you have just seen is an excerpt from a motion picture that was made in Japan.
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There was one interesting excerpt from his interview.
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Allow me to read to you an excerpt from the Internet.
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Like there, I want to read an excerpt from one recent article on the Hill.
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Take a look at the following excerpts from Bill Clinton.
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Robert McElwain provides excerpts from these letters in his book.
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We have exclusive excerpts from my interview with Wayne Brady, who is fantastic.
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Dig into this gripping excerpt, and we guarantee you'll be dying to read the rest.
Fiction book (2001) -
I would like to share an excerpt from the novel that really moved me.
Synonyms
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2.8
A short part of a text or musical piece
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4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
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3.2
A short part taken from a larger book, song, or other work
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3.7
A short part taken from a book or article
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4.1
A short quotation from an article shown separately to draw attention
A short part taken from a longer text for reading or study
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Etymology
Excerpt comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and carpere 'to pick', so you can imagine 'picking out' a short piece from a book or speech. That's why an excerpt is a short extract taken from a longer text, film, or piece of music.