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fragment — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clout noun Influence or power, especially in politics or business.
  • excerpt noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
  • extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
  • fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
  • snippet noun A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

Senses

fragment is used for these senses in English:

  • clout (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
  • extract A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
  • gobbet An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, discussion, or translation in an examination.
  • snippet A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

clout — full definition

  1. noun Influence or power, especially in politics or business.
  2. noun A blow struck with the hand or fist (informal).
  3. verb To hit someone or something, especially with the fist.

excerpt — full definition

  1. noun A short passage taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music and presented on its own.
  2. verb To take a passage out of a longer work in order to quote or publish it separately.

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