What part of speech is fragmented?

Fragmented can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. fragmented is a verb, past participle of fragment (infinitive).
2. fragmented is a verb, past simple of fragment (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) fragment

fragment / fragments

fragmented

fragmented

fragmenting

Infinitive: (to) fragment
Present: fragment / fragments
Simple Past: fragmented
Past Participle: (have) fragmented
Gerund: fragmenting

What does fragmented mean?

Definitions

Adjective
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"
Verb
fragment - To break apart.
fragment - To cause to be broken into pieces.

Examples of fragmented

#		Sentence
1.	adj.	A fragmented coalition.
2.	verb	The American invasion of Iraq left the country devastated, fragmented and broke.
3.	verb	The fruit must be finely fragmented, before it can go into the press.
4.	noun	A fragment of rock.

Sentence
adj.
A fragmented coalition.
verb
The American invasion of Iraq left the country devastated, fragmented and broke.
The fruit must be finely fragmented, before it can go into the press.
noun
A fragment of rock.

Please be aware that some of the sentences on this page have been automatically tagged and do not always have 100% accuracy.

Last searches

See also