fragment
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or notA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
» The vase broke into fragments.
Ваза разбилась на части. — odexed
Ваза розлетілася в дрізки. — Ahha
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5 sensesA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
a fragment of an ancient writing
I heard a small fragment of the conversation.
Fragment, Bruchstück
оско́локoskólok, обло́мокoblómok, кусо́кkusók
шматšmat, шмато́кšmatók, кусо́кkusók
a piece broken off or cut off of something else
A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
Satzfragment
фрагме́нтfragmént, отры́вокotrývok
фрагме́нтfrahmént, ури́вокurývok
An incomplete portion of code.
an incomplete piece
(Internet)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.
The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.
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.
Examples
38 sentencesThe vase broke into fragments.
Ваза розлетілася в дрізки. — Ahha
ruВаза разбилась на части. — odexed
The priceless china shattered into fragments.
ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски. — Balamax
He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.
deEr versuchte die Fragmente einer zerbrochenen Vase zusammenzusetzen. — Manfredo
The glass bowl broke into tiny fragments.
Скляна чаша розбилася на крихітні шматочки. — Ahha
There's a tiny fragment that's broken off.
Є крихітний уламок, який відламався. — Ahha
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from fraFrom Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
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