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Definition of defragment verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

defragment

verb

NAmE//ˌdiˈfræɡmɛnt//

(informal defrag

NAmE//ˌdiˈfræɡ//

) defragment something (computing)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they defragment

he / she / it defragments past simple defragmented -ing form defragmenting

to organize the files on a computer so that information relating to each file is stored in the same area, so the computer works faster

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