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excerpt

noun

/ˈɛksɜːrpt/

Meaning

A short portion taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

The teacher read an excerpt from the novel.

passage, extract, fragment, quotation

whole, entirety

excerpt from book, excerpt from novel, excerpt from speech

the final result or outcome of a series of events; conclusion

the maximum amount that something can contain; the ability or power to do something

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid; a sudden, violent, and copious outpouring

the action or state of moving or being moved apart; the division of something into constituent or di...

A person or thing that kills.

The gradual reduction or exhaustion of a resource or substance.