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excerpta short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɛksɜrpt/

Korean meaning: 책, 영화, 방송 등에서 발췌한 짧은 부분

Korean pronunciation: **엑**설트

Example Sentences

  • The movie trailer showed exciting excerpts that made everyone want to see the full film.
  • My professor loves to excerpt the most boring parts of classic novels for our reading assignments.
  • The cooking show featured excerpts from celebrity chef interviews between recipe demonstrations.

excerpt

NOUN

//ˈɛksɜrpt//

a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing

excerpt concept
💡 Concept

A student carefully selects an excerpt from the textbook for notes

excerpt rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The expert uses an excerpt to assert!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈɛksɜrpt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈɛksɜːpt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixex--
Rootcerp

Origin

From Latin 'excerpere', meaning 'to pick out' or 'to select', composed of the prefix 'ex-' (out) and 'carpere' (to pick or pluck). The word entered English in the 17th century through the past participle 'excerptus'.

🎵Rhyme

expertassertdesert
expert
assert
desert

🔗Collocations

read an excerpt
brief excerpt
excerpt from a book
publish excerpts
selected excerpts
excerpt a passage

📝Examples

The movie trailer showed exciting excerpts that made everyone want to see the full film.

😄 Fun example

My professor loves to excerpt the most boring parts of classic novels for our reading assignments.

The cooking show featured excerpts from celebrity chef interviews between recipe demonstrations.

😄 Fun example

She excerpted all the romantic scenes from the novel and completely ignored the plot.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

extractpassageselectionquotationsnippet

Antonyms

entiretywholecomplete work

Related

citationquoteabstractsummaryfragment

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