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fragmentfrag‧ment2 /fræɡˈment $ ˈfræɡment, fræɡˈment/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEfragment |
Present | I, you, we, they | fragment | | he, she, it | fragments | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fragmented | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fragmented | | he, she, it | has fragmented | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fragmented | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fragment | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fragmented |
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Present | I | am fragmenting | | he, she, it | is fragmenting | | you, we, they | are fragmenting | Past | I, he, she, it | was fragmenting | | you, we, they | were fragmenting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fragmenting | | he, she, it | has been fragmenting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fragmenting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fragmenting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fragmenting |
- His day was fragmented by interruptions and phone calls.
- A separately organised night-nursing service tends to fragment patient care.
- At times, the book jumps from place to place in a jarring way, only to fragment at crucial moments.
- Once one looks away from the north, Gloucester's connection appears to fragment.
► a fragment of glass (=a small piece of glass that has broken off)· Fragments of glass covered the floor near the broken window. to break something, or be broken into a lot of small separate parts – used to show disapproval: the dangers of fragmenting the Health Service—fragmented adjective: a fragmented society—fragmentation /ˌfræɡmənˈteɪʃən, -men-/ noun [uncountable] |