1. a short extract or passage taken from a book, film, speech, or other work

1. to take or quote a short passage from a book, film, speech, or other work

Examples

• The teacher read excerpts from the novel to the class.
• She excerpts the most important passages for her research paper.
• The documentary includes excerpts from interviews with famous scientists.
• He excerpts relevant quotes from the article to support his argument.
• The magazine published several excerpts from the upcoming autobiography.
• The film festival showed excerpts from ten different movies.
• They excerpted the best scenes from the original footage.