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Editorial note

In her sign off piece, PJ notes: "Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these days.

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Quick take

a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of piece gathered in one view.

noun

a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

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an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";

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a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for piece.

noun

a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

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an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";

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a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

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a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

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an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"

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an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

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a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

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a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"

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a distance; "it is down the road a piece"

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a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"

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a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"

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a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"

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game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

verb

to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

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create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

verb

join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

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eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

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repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"

Example sentences

In her sign off piece, PJ notes: "Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these days.

The White House seem to be genuinely committed to helping push through a piece of legislation to fix this.

Didn't think so. "It's a piece of crap" says a highly self-interested blogger, and Hacker News jumps on that like starving dogs on Alpo.

I'll disagree slightly with tptacek... this is a genius piece of marketing by McDonalds.

However, the fire did not start spontaneously - it was caused by the driver hitting a large piece of metal debris in the road.

While I did make a big dongle joke about a fictional piece hardware that identified as male, no sexual jokes were made about forking.

The fallacy that the "creative" arts have been under appreciated in society is the largest piece of bollocks I've ever heard.

One comment below notes that "Jeez, that's the single most interesting, insightful, and well-written piece I've read on the internet in a long time.

It seems very clear how this piece misrepresented you; the entire elided question you cite is particularly damning.

It's an incredible piece of writing, and incredibly persuasive and manipulative in a way that I'm sure PR and marketing teams everywhere would be jealous of.

They get out of there as soon as possible.”Lastly, imagine how you'd feel reading a similar opinion piece on Fox News from a gun ho former operator talking about all the American lives he saved by observing and taking out "the bad guys".