excerpt

 

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksəːpt/
  • a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing: she read out excerpts from an article in the Times

verb

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsəːpt, ɛk-/
[with object]
  • take (a short extract) from a text: the notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography
  • take an excerpt or excerpts from (a text): a book excerpted in this week’s Time magazine

Derivatives

excerptible

Pronunciation: /-ˈsəːptɪb(ə)l/
adjective

excerption

Pronunciation: /-ˈsəːpʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

mid 16th century (as a verb): from Latin excerpt- 'plucked out', from the verb excerpere, from ex- 'out of' + carpere 'to pluck'

Spelling help

Remember that excerpt has a p before the t, although it is not heard when you say the word.