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- [noun frag-muh nt; verb frag-muh nt, -ment, frag-ment]
- /noun ˈfræg mənt; verb ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt/
- /ˈfræɡ.mənt/
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- [noun frag-muh nt; verb frag-muh nt, -ment, frag-ment]
- /noun ˈfræg mənt; verb ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt/
Definitions of fragment word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of FRAGMENT fragmentation 3
- noun fragment a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase. 1
- noun fragment an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition. 1
- noun fragment an odd piece, bit, or scrap. 1
- verb without object fragment to collapse or break into fragments; disintegrate: The chair fragmented under his weight. 1
- verb with object fragment to break (something) into pieces or fragments; cause to disintegrate: Outside influences soon fragmented the Mayan culture. 1
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Origin of fragment
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin fragmentum a broken piece, remnant, equivalent to frag- (stem of frangere to break) + -mentum -ment
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Parts of speech for Fragment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fragment popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fragment usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fragment
noun fragment
- particle — a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit: a particle of dust; not a particle of supporting evidence.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- remnant — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
verb fragment
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- rive — to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
- smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
Antonyms for fragment
noun fragment
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- lot — lot (def 14).
- entirety — The whole of something.
verb fragment
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- fix — to repair; mend.
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