Meanings
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1
noun
A part of something larger, or an amount broken or cut off.
Can I have a piece of your chocolate?
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2
noun
A part cut from a larger amount of food.
She gave each child a piece of pie.
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3
noun
A single work of art, music, or writing.
The newspaper published an interesting piece about climate change.
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4
noun
A single item of a particular type.
We bought a new piece of furniture for the living room.
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5
verb
To put separate parts together to make a whole.
The detective slowly pieced together what had happened that night.
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Etymology
From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion, quota”). Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian pezza, Italian pezzo.
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