Collocations for "excerpt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "excerpt" in context.
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excerpt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [text, document, book] excerpt
- [highlight, mark] an excerpt from the [text]
- an excerpt of the [text]
- an excerpt from the [text]
- a published excerpt [of, from]
- an excerpt of the [database, list, results]
- excerpts from [movies, articles, newspapers, soundtracks]
- [show, publish, print] an excerpt of
- an excerpt was [submitted, presented] as evidence
- the excerpt appears to [suggest, confirm, contradict]
- read excerpts from the [Bible, Koran, Torah]
- read small excerpts to [retain, digest] the [information, concepts]
- play a short excerpt of the [song, recording, track]
- excerpt a [passage, section, comment, psalm, paragraph, page, quote]
- excerpt a [passage] from the [article, interview, book, Koran]
- the [passage] will be excerpted in the [newspaper, magazine]
- excerpted by the [newspaper]
'excerpt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):