Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of excerpt
"The editor selected several short excerpts from the author's latest novel to feature in the magazine."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excerpt
"The editor will excerpts the most compelling scenes from the novel for the magazine article."
In plain English: To excerpt something means to take out and use only specific parts of it instead of using everything.
"The editor decided to excerpfs several key passages from the long report for the newsletter."