a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition or other media
A portion taken from a larger work, such as when portions of a book appear as a magazine article
An excerpt is a short piece of writing or music which is taken from a larger piece. an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. = extract. a short piece taken from a book, poem, piece of music etc excerpt of/from (past participle of excerpere, from carpere )
A passage of music, such as an aria from an opera or oratorio, or movement from a symphony, which is extracted from a complete work and published or performed separately (Thorin)
a selected passage or quotation from a larger work F Format: In its widest sense, any particular physical representation of a document, e g book, videocassette, microfiche, sound recording, etc G Gazetteer: a dictionary of geographical names
a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy