noun, verb
noun a small part of sth that has broken off or comes from sth larger:
Police found fragments of glass near the scene. * The shattered vase lay in fragments on the floor. * I overheard a fragment of their conversation. * She could recall only fragments of his poetry.
verb [V, VN] (written) to break or make sth break into small pieces or parts
fragmentation noun [U]:
the fragmentation of the country into small independent states
fragmented adjective:
a fragmented society
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for fragment is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — fragment appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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