excerpt
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film,…A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Recorded US: DroEsperanto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.
Die Studenten müssen einen Auszug aus dem Buch analysieren. — Zaghawa
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1 sensesA clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
Auszug, Exzerpt
отры́вокotrývok, вы́держкаvýderžka
a passage selected from a larger work
Examples
4 sentencesThe students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.
deDie Studenten müssen einen Auszug aus dem Buch analysieren. — Zaghawa
Dan played an excerpt of classical music to the students.
The following passage is an excerpt from a well-known fairy story.
deDie folgende Passage ist ein Ausschnitt aus einem wohlbekannten Märchen. — Waldelfe
I was planning to include an excerpt from The Chronicles of Narnia.
ruЯ собирался добавить отрывок из «Хроник Нарнии». — Wezel
deIch hatte vor, einen Auszug aus den Chroniken von Narnia beizufügen. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpFrom Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).
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Forms
plural: excerptsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a passage selected from a larger work:excerptionextractselection
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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