excerpt

CEFRB2

/ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A short part taken from a longer text, film, or speech.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

Examples

  • I was planning to include an excerpt from The Chronicles of Narnia.

  • The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈeɡzɜː(p)t/
  • /ˈeksɜː(p)t/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.

More examples

In context

  • out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The journalist quoted a brief blank from the author's unpublished novel.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).