Definitions for fragment
ˈfræg mənt; ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛntfrag·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. fragmentnoun

   a piece broken off or cut off of something else

   "a fragment of rock"

2. shard, sherd, fragmentnoun

   a broken piece of a brittle artifact

3. fragmentverb

   an incomplete piece

   "fragments of a play"

4. break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentiseverb

   break or cause to break into pieces

   "The plate fragmented"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fragmentnoun

   A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

2. fragmentnoun

   A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.

3. fragmentverb

   To break apart.

4. fragmentverb

   To cause to be broken into pieces.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRAGMENTnoun

   A part broken from the whole; an imperfect piece.

   Etymology: fragmentum, Latin.

   He who late a sceptre did command,
   Now grasps a floating fragment in his hand. Dryden.

   Cowley, in his unfinished fragment of the Davideis, has shewn us this way to improvement. Isaac Watts, Improvement.

   If a thinned or plated body, which, being of an even thickness, appears all over of one uniform colour, should be slit into threads, or broken into fragments of the same thickness with the plate, I see no reason why every thread or fragment should not keep its colour. Isaac Newton, Opt.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fragment

   A fragment is a small piece or part that has been broken off, detached, or separated from something else. The term can also refer to an incomplete or isolated portion of something, such as a fragment of a sentence, a conversation, a memory, or a larger piece of work. In computer science, a fragment refers to a part of a computer program or a section of a webpage. It can also refer to the incomplete pieces of data in computer networks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fragmentverb

   a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing

2. Etymology: [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Fragment

   frag′ment, n. a piece broken off: an unfinished portion.—adj. Frag′mental (also -ment′).—adv. Frag′mentarily.—n. Frag′mentariness.—adjs. Frag′mentary, Frag′mented, consisting of fragments or pieces: broken. [Fr.,—L. fragmentum, frangĕre, to break.]

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1. fragment

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fragment' in Nouns Frequency: #1700

How to pronounce fragment?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fragment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fragment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fragment in a Sentence

1. Philip Hammond:

   The international community will not stand by while Houthi forces and other actors continue to undermine stability in Yemen and seek to fragment that country and undermine its legitimate president.

2. David Greenwood:

   We could see the different layers of cells in a leaf fragment including the epidermis with the pores, called stomata, through which plants take in carbon dioxide, we could also see the surface patterning of the epidermis cells, which was like a jigsaw pattern that we see on many living ferns.

3. Alan Marshall Beck:

   No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragment, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.

4. Jamie Cooper in Lincolnshire:

   I managed to photograph the comet approaching on Sunday evening through a small telescope, the comet has a similar orbit to the Great Comet of 1844, leading to speculation on whether C/2019 Y4 is a fragment of the same parent body.

5. Peter Hiscock:

   This fragment is small, but it’s very distinctive, it has a smooth surface, a high polish, that doesn’t occur naturally. It doesn’t occur by accident. Someone has to sit and grind the edge in order to make an axe.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fragment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fragment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fragment
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fragment
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fragment