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- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Parts
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noun |
| pronunciation: |
fraeg
m nt
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| definition: |
a broken off or incomplete part.
A fragment of glass had to be removed from his foot.A fragment of a song kept repeating itself in my mind.I can only remember a fragment of what I learned in my French class.- synonyms:
- bit, part, piece, scrap, section, snatch, snippet
- similar words:
- chip, crumb, fraction, morsel, nub, particle, rag, remnant, shard, shiver, shred, sliver, snip, splinter
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bit, catch, debris, part, patch, portion |
adjective + (n.)fragment
amplified,
architectural,
burst,
charred,
colored,
extant,
icy,
incomplete,
isolated,
jagged,
loose,
melodic,
mere,
molecular,
narrative,
random,
remaining,
rhythmic,
scattered,
small,
surviving,
tattered,
textual,
tiny,
vegetative
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verb + (n.)fragment
amplify, assemble, collect, compose, consist, contain, explode, extract, incorporate, isolate, piece, reassemble, recover, remove, shatter, smash, sort, splinter, uncover, yield
(n.)fragment
+ verb
bind, d'un, drift, embed, float, lodge, match, penetrate, plunge, scatter, tear
noun + (n.)fragment
artifact,
ash,
atmosphere,
bomb,
bone,
bronze,
bullet,
collision,
comet,
coral,
dust,
forest,
fossil,
fracture,
gene,
glass,
habitat,
iron,
manuscript,
marble,
metal,
meteorite,
needle,
papyrus,
particle,
pile,
plastic,
pottery,
protein,
remnant,
restriction,
rock,
rotor,
scroll,
sculpture,
sentence,
shard,
shell,
skull,
steel,
tooth
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
fraeg
ment
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| inflections: |
fragments, fragmenting, fragmented |
| definition: |
to break or shatter into pieces; disintegrate.
The old paper document had fragmented, and the final paragraph was missing.Our lives fragmented during the war.- synonyms:
- break, fraction, shatter
- similar words:
- splinter
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| related words: |
part |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
fraeg
ment
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| definition: |
to break or shatter (something) into pieces.
The wind and freezing cold fragmented the already dried-out leaves.Repeated failures fragmented their dreams.- synonyms:
- break, fraction, shatter
- similar words:
- section, splinter
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| related words: |
crumb, part |
adverb + (v.)fragment
far
(v.)fragment
+ adverb
along
(v.)fragment
+ noun
audience, country, piece, society
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The word fragment
contains the following parts:
fract, frag
Latin
root
that means break
  Example words:
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, annulment, armament, arrangement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, compliment, comportment, department, deportment, document, emolument, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, impediment, improvement, indictment, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, pediment, regiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, tenement, vestment
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