read extract

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

to read a passage from a book or text aloud

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Examples (10)

  • The teacher asked students to read an extract from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • She will read a short extract from her novel at the book launch.
  • The professor read an extract from the ancient manuscript to the class.
  • Can you read this extract from the newspaper article aloud?
  • The actor read a dramatic extract from the play during auditions.
  • Students were asked to read an extract from their chosen poem.
  • He read a brief extract from his diary to illustrate his point.
  • The radio host will read an extract from the bestselling memoir.
  • Please read this extract from the research paper carefully.
  • She read an extract from the letter to prove her argument.