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- [pees]
- /pis/
- /piːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pees]
- /pis/
Definitions of piece word
- noun piece a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. 1
- noun piece a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. 1
- noun piece a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. 1
- noun piece a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece. 1
- noun piece an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour. 1
- noun piece an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso. 1
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Origin of piece
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English pece < Old French < Gaulish *pettia; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh, Cornish peth thing
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Parts of speech for Piece
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
piece popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
piece usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for piece
noun piece
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- allotment — In Britain, an allotment is a small area of land in a town which a person rents to grow plants and vegetables on.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- annuity — An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- apercu — outline
adj piece
- biter — a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.
- far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- far piece — a considerable distance: They moved a far piece from here.
- mouthful — the amount a mouth can hold.
adjective piece
- gulper — A deep-sea eel with very large jaws that open to give an enormous gape and with eyes near the tip of the snout.
Antonyms for piece
noun piece
- collectivity — the quality or state of being collective
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