to piece
- verb
- /piːst/
- But I managed to piece together Rodger Marston's background.
- piece together
- piece together a story
- piece together information
You can begin to piece together your film finance plan.
- You can begin to piece together your film finance plan.
- We were just like he was able to piece in his head that they weren't real.
- And it's hard to like piece them together.
- Like we just kind of like piece meal things together based on our kids.
Examples
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Help piece this together for me.
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Between now and then, we will piece together the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the history of mankind.
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You can begin to piece together your film finance plan.
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When I do, I promise you, I am going to piece together what exactly happened that night.
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Rather than committing to a single employer, he pieces together jobs wherever he can find them.
Academic text (2012) -
In the meantime, we must endeavor to piece together what happened here tonight.
Fiction book (1991) -
Hertzsprung and Russell started to piece together the diverse life stories of stars.
Academic text (2000) -
On my own, I was able to piece together only the barest outlines of his life.
Academic text (2004) -
Nonetheless, Silva should be commended for piecing together such an engaging historical biography.
Academic text (1997) -
The detective worked tirelessly to piece together all the clues from the crime scene.
Synonyms
To make something by joining parts or materials
To repair something so it works again
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
Join two things so they form one piece
Be the parts that form a whole
To build something by joining parts or materials
To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy
To repair a hole or damaged area by adding a piece of material
Fix something that is broken or torn
To build a supporting structure by joining parts
Fasten something to a surface with small nails or pins
To put parts or people back together after they are separated
To build the basic wooden structure of a building like a house
To fasten two parts together so they form one piece
To join parts quickly in a careless, temporary way
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 Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb piece comes from the noun 'piece' and means to join parts; to 'piece' something is to put separate 'pieces' together to make a whole.