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piece together

piece to·geth·er
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pees tuh-geth -er]
    • /pis təˈgɛð ər/
    • /piːs təˈɡeðə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pees tuh-geth -er]
    • /pis təˈgɛð ər/

Definitions of piece together words

  • noun piece together a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. 1
  • noun piece together a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. 1
  • noun piece together a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. 1
  • noun piece together a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece. 1
  • noun piece together an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour. 1
  • noun piece together an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso. 1
See all 39 definitions of piece together

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Origin of piece together

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 together

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Piece together

piece together 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".

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Synonyms for piece together

verb piece together

  • assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
  • birddog — one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
  • complect — to interweave or entwine
  • complected — complexioned
  • crisscrossing — crossing over each other
All 26 Synonyms of piece together

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