excerpt

UK /ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/ US /ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/

noun 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ

short

VERB + EXCERPT

feature, give, include, play, publish, quote, show

The documentary featured several excerpts from old home videos taken during the 1970s.

PREP

~ from

The documentary showed several interesting excerpts from interviews with famous musicians.

noun

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

verb

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

out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars

noun — a passage selected from a larger work

verb — take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars

Wiktionary

The students have to analyze an excerpt from the book.

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

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Dan played an excerpt of classical music to the students.

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I would say that a verse is a structural unit, whereas a passage or excerpt can consist of parts of multiple verses or a small part of a verse.

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The following passage is an excerpt from a well-known fairy story.

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