piece
- noun
- /piːs/
- Archaic
- "I write both numbers on a piece of paper and put our initials by them.
Examples
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And then one day the doctor came and said, "Mr. Lauda, may I offer a piece of advice?
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And there was no rush in the piece of being early.
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We'd rather have you in one piece.
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I'm proceeding on this piece just one step at a time.
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I wrote Starbucks Coffee on a piece of notepaper and gave it to her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Councilman Roanhorse brandished a piece of paper, which fluttered noisily in the wind.
Fiction book (2001) -
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CALL YOUR DAUGHTER TONIGHT TO SEE IF SHE'S EVEN STILL IN ONE PIECE.
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It's only a short walk to the store; just a piece down the road.
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Can you run that errand for me? It's just a piece to the post office.
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He lives just down the road a piece.
Synonyms
A very short time
A short period of time when something happens, like bad weather
Idioms
Tell someone angrily that you are upset with them
- Informal
Say this when you cannot give a clear answer because it depends on things you do not know
Compounds
- Offensive
A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
- Informal
Something impressive but difficult, for example a book or building, and sometimes a person who behaves strangely
Clothing made of three matching pieces, usually a jacket, trousers and a waistcoat
- Archaic
An old Spanish silver coin worth eight reales used widely in trade from the 1500s to 1800s
- Literature
An article in a newspaper or magazine that gives opinions to start a discussion
- Offensive
An insulting label for an article that pretends to support social causes but has no real ideas
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the dialect meaning of piece is to think of a small 'piece' of distance or time; it means a short 'distance' or a short 'while'.