sentence fragment
An incomplete sentenceAn incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. (It is often the result of failing to include a subject and a verb, or beginning a sentence with a subordinator or relative pronoun. But not all one-word or two-word sentences are sentence fragments, though.)
» Tatoeba: Sentence fragments keep out!
Tatoeba: Satzteile vermeide! — Esperantostern
Tatoeba: Satzbruchstücke müssen draußen bleiben! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tatoeba: Satzbruchstücken ist der Zutritt verboten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
saeb · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. (It is often the result of failing to include a subject and a verb, or beginning a sentence with a subordinator or relative pronoun. But not all one-word or two-word sentences are sentence fragments, though.)
Examples
1 sentencesTatoeba: Sentence fragments keep out!
deTatoeba: Satzteile vermeide! — Esperantostern
Forms
plural: sentence fragments| Singular | sentence fragment |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.