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fraction

/ˈfɹæk.ʃən/ verb C2
  1. To divide or break into fractions. (transitive)
  2. To fractionate. (transitive)

He/she/it fractions · Past fractioned · Past participle fractioned · -ing form fractioning

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Verb forms

Base form
fraction
He/she/it
fractions
Past
fractioned
Past participle
fractioned
-ing form
fractioning

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The boys was on time to the fraction of a second.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 15 · C1
Rikki jumped sideways and tried to run in, but the wicked little dusty gray head lashed within a fraction of his shoulder, and he had to jump over the body, and the head followed his heels close.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
You are perfect to a fraction.” He replied, “I learned it from the Ass, by witnessing his fate.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 54 · B2
I sprang for the foot-path and saved myself by the fraction of a second.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 111 · B2

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