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The definition of a fragment is a small piece of something larger.

(noun)

An example of a fragment is a piece of pottery found in a digging site.
An example of a fragment is a few beats of a song.

Fragment is defined as a piece of something that wasn’t finished.

(noun)

An example of a fragment is an unfinished letter.

Fragment means to break something into smaller pieces.

(verb)

An example of fragment is to break a cookie up into pieces to share.

See fragment in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a part broken away from a whole; broken piece
a detached, isolated, or incomplete part: a fragment of a song
the part that exists of a literary or other work left unfinished

Origin: ME < L fragmentum < frangere, break

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to break into fragments; break up

Related Forms:

fragmented adjective

See fragment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small part broken off or detached.
An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.
Grammar A sentence fragment.

verb (-mĕntˌ) frag·ment·ed, frag·ment·ing, frag·ments

verb, transitive

To break or separate (something) into fragments.

verb, intransitive

To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin fragmentum

Origin: , from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots

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