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snippets

n. plural-only
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈsnɪpəts// UK //snˈɪpɪts// snip·pets

n. small pieces of something, like information, music, or text. You use this when you only have a tiny part of a larger thing.

n. small fragments or brief extracts of something larger, such as text, audio, or data. Often refers to information that is incomplete or disconnected.


SIMPLE

I only heard snippets of their conversation.

CONTEXTUAL

The documentary included short snippets of home movies that the family had filmed in the 1960s.

COMPLEX

By piecing together various snippets of code from open-source repositories, the developer was able to build a functional prototype in just a few hours.

Synonyms
Usage

Usually used in the plural form to describe a collection of fragments.

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