excerpt

Etymology

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡzɜːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɜɹpt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

excerpt (plural excerpts)

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

Verb

excerpt (third-person singular simple present excerpts, present participle excerpting, simple past and past participle excerpted)

1. (transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
   • Fuller

     out of which we have excerpted the following particulars

Further reading

• excerpt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• excerpt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911