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Meaning of fragment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈfɹæɡmənt

Definitions

  1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
  2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
  3. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment
  4. To break or separate (something) into fragments.
  5. An incomplete portion of code.
  6. An incomplete portion of code
  7. To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.
  8. A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
    Internet
  9. A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign
  10. To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components:break down, break up, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, fragmentize.
  11. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
  12. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals
  13. to break into pieces. The glass is very strong but will fragment if dropped on the floor. breek يَنْكَسِر، يَتَشَظّى чупя despedaçar-se roztříštit se zerbrechen gå i stykker θρυμματίζομαιfragmentarse, hacerse añicos kildudeks purunema خرد شدن pirstoutua fragmenter לִשׁבּוֹר לִרסִיסִים तोड़ना razbiti na komadiće darabokra hullik pecah splundra(st) frammentarsi 砕ける 산산조각이 나다 sudužti saplīst [] pecah brekengå i stykker połamać się ټوټه escaqueirar(-se) a (se) sparge разбиваться roztrieštiť sa dro...
  14. made of pieces; incomplete. a fragmentary account of what happened. onvolledige مُكوَّن مِن شَظايا، غير كامِل направен от парчета fragmentário neuspořádaný; neúplný bruchstückartig brudstykkeagtig; ufuldstændig αποσπασματικόςfragmentario katkendlik تکه پاره؛ ناقص pirstaleinen fragmentaire מְקוּטָע छोटे-छोटे टुकड़ों में nepotpun, fragmentaran töredékes tidak lengkap brotakenndur frammentario 断片的な 조각조각의 fragmentiškas, padrikas fragmentārs tidak lengkap fragmentarischfragmentarisk, bruddstykker ...
  15. A small part broken off or detached.
  16. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.
  17. Grammar A sentence fragment.
    Grammar
  18. a piece broken off or detached: fragments of rock.
  19. an incomplete piece; portion: fragments of a novel.

Equivalents

العربية الجزء شقفة قطعة كسرة
Български къс отломък парче
Čeština fragment střep úlomek zlomek
Esperanto fragmento
فارسی پارچه قطعه
Français fragment fragmenter
Gaeilge blúire boim
Gàidhlig bìdeag criomag mìr
עברית פרור רסיס
हिन्दी अंश खंड टुकड़ा भाँग
Magyar darab töredék
Հայերեն կտոր
Bahasa Indonesia fragmen
日本語 フラグメント 断片 欠片 破片
한국어 조각 파편
Kurdî mîr mir mîr
Te Reo Māori kongakonga kuru
Македонски одломка
Bahasa Melayu serpihan
Nederlands fragment fragmenteren
Polski cześć fragment kawałek urywek
Português fragmentar fragmento
Română bucată crâmpei fărâmă fragmenta
Slovenčina fragment zlomok
Српски fragment mir парче фрагмент
Svenska fragment
Tagalog kapiraso
ئۇيغۇرچە پارچە

Examples

“a fragment of an ancient writing”
“I heard a small fragment of the conversation.”
“[…]and two enormous Scottish poems, the Buik of Alexander, which has been improbably ascribed to Barbour, and Sir Gilbert Hay's Buik of Alexander the Conquerour; one nearly complete Prose Life of Alexander and fragments of four others; a stanzaic translation of the Fuerres de Gadres which survives only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum.”
“The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.”
“Unique URLs requires you to make like an information architect and do some URL design work. Possibly, you'll be controlling only the fragment identifier rather than the entire URL, but even the fragment identifier has usability implications.”

CEFR level

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