Excerpt | Mean of excerpt in English Dictionary

/ˈɛkˌsɚpt/

• Noun
• a small part of a longer written work
1. She read an excerpt from the play.
2. I've read only excerpts of/from Moby-Dick, never the whole book.
• Verb
• to include (part of a longer written work) in something else
1. This article was excerpted from the New York Times.
2. Portions of her novel were excerpted in a literary magazine.