excerpt

Everyday

1. An excerpt is a short part taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music. tree →
2. (formal verb) To excerpt is to take out such a part to show or use it. tree →

In the lessons

Reading lessons and tests use excerpts («Read the excerpt and answer the questions»). Music and film too. Phrases: an excerpt from, short excerpt, read the excerpt.

Examples

• Read the excerpt from «The Secret Garden». tree →
• The test had an excerpt about whales. tree →
• We watched an excerpt from the film. tree →
• The choir sang an excerpt from the musical. tree →
• This excerpt shows how the character feels. tree →
• The newspaper printed an excerpt of the speech. tree →

Note

Say «EK-surpt». Similar: extract, passage, clip. An excerpt is only part of the story, so you may not know what happened before or after.