Noun: excerpt 'ek,surpt or 'eg,zurpt
- A passage selected from a larger work
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings";
- excerption, extract, selection
- Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
"She excerpted several key passages from the novel for her essay";
- extract, take out
Derived forms: excerpts, excerpted, excerpting
Type of: choose, passage, pick out, select, take
Encyclopedia: Excerpt