Associations to the word «Excerpt»

Wiktionary

EXCERPT, noun. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
EXCERPT, verb. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

Dictionary definition

EXCERPT, noun. A passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings".
EXCERPT, verb. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle