fragment
fragment Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small part broken or separated off from something larger.
"Archaeologists uncovered several pottery fragments buried beneath the ancient temple floor."
An isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part of a literary, musical, or artistic work, or of a memory or conversation.
"Only a few surviving fragments of the ancient philosopher's treatise have been translated."
An incomplete sentence lacking an independent clause, subject, or finite verb (in grammar).
"The editor marked the phrase as a sentence fragment and suggested combining it with the preceding clause."
• verb
To break or cause to break into small, separate pieces or disunified parts.
"Rising political tensions threatened to fragment the fragile coalition into competing factions."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from French or directly from Latin 'fragmentum' ('a remnant, piece broken off'), derived from the verb 'frangere' ('to break'), which also gave English 'fracture' and 'fragile'.
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