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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King