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frag·ment

(frăg′mənt)

1. A small part broken off or detached.

2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

3. Grammar A sentence fragment.

v. (-mĕnt′) frag·ment·ed, frag·ment·ing, frag·ments

v.tr.

To break or separate (something) into fragments.

v.intr.

To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.

[Middle English, from Latin fragmentum, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

fragmented

(fræɡˈmɛntɪd)

adj

existing in separate parts, pieces or factions; divided

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Adj.

fragmented - having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"

disunited, split, disconnected

divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"

Translations

frammentato

fragmented

[frægˈmentɪd] ADJ → fragmentado

fragmented

[frægˈmɛntɪd] adj (= divided) → divisé(e)

fragmented

adj → bruchstückhaft; (= broken up) → unzusammenhängend, ohne Zusammenhang

fragmented

[ˈfrægməntɪd] adj → frammentario/a

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