Synonyms for fragment
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun frag-muh nt; verb frag-muh nt, -ment, frag-ment |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈfræg mənt; verb ˈfræg mənt, -mɛnt, frægˈmɛnt |
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Définition of fragment
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," literally "a piece broken off," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction).
- noun part, chip
- verb break into pieces
- Epos, p. 65, places the fragment in the Finn episode, between ll.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- The stone-breaker, who had not broken a fragment since we began to converse, then did as follows.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- It was as if men had been able to preserve a fragment of a sunset.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- I beg your pardon, my dear "Clarinda," for the fragment scrawl I sent you yesterday.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- "I'm sorry you think——" he began, but did not complete the fragment.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- But these were only a fragment of those that visit the Post in summer.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- In a fragment of his we read, The most invincible of all things is a woman!
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- The genuineness of this fragment has been established beyond doubt.
- Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- A fragment of a bursting shell had struck him on the back of the neck.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 » by Various
- The 'New Atlantis' is only a fragment, and far inferior in merit to the 'Utopia.'
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
Antonyms for fragment
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