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.
American Heritage
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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.
American Heritage
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Origin of 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
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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
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