Fragment Definition

frăgmənt

fragmented, fragmenting, fragments

noun

fragments

A part broken away from a whole; broken piece.

Webster's New World

A detached, isolated, or incomplete part.

A fragment of a song.

Webster's New World

An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit.

Overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

American Heritage

The part that exists of a literary or other work left unfinished.

Webster's New World

A sentence fragment.

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verb

fragmented, fragmenting, fragments

To break into fragments; break up.

Webster's New World

To become broken into fragments.

After the election, the coalition fragmented.

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Other Word Forms of Fragment

Singular:

fragment

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From French, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangere, present active infinitive of frangō (“I break”). See also fraction.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Latin fragmentum from frangere frag- to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition