fragment

CEFRC1

/ˈfɹæɡmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small piece broken or separated from something larger.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.

Examples

  • The doctor performed surgery to remove the metal fragment.

  • There's a tiny fragment that's broken off.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An incomplete portion of code.

  2. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not

  3. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.

More examples

In context

  • A fragment of ice floated by.

  • I heard a small fragment of the conversation.

  • The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.

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After the explosion, only a tiny blank of the original sculpture remained.

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.