Piece is an English word with synonyms like part or portion. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Piece in a sentence
Related words
Piece meaning
- A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
- One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
Synonyms of Piece
Using Piece
- The main meaning on this page is: A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | A single item belonging to a class of similar items. | One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
- Useful related words include: part, portion, patch, slice.
- In the example corpus, piece often appears in combinations such as: piece of, piece by, by piece.
Example sentences (20)
For example, if (X, Y) represents the position of a chess piece — X the row and Y the column, then the joint entropy of the row of the piece and the column of the piece will be the entropy of the position of the piece.
Relative pin A relative pin is one where the piece shielded by the pinned piece is a piece other than the king, but typically more valuable than the pinned piece.
The new art piece was an exchange for another art piece which will be installed later this year, and were both made by local artists who wanted to take a piece of each sculpture and embed it into the other.
It's piece by piece by piece.
Ms. Nitsche’s three-piece suits come classic and correct, but also in versions that are, as it’s said, spezzato: in checks that, on inspection, turn out to be subtly mismatched piece to piece.
Five-piece A basic five-piece fusion kit, with one crash cymbal and no effects cymbals, complete with throne and sticks The five-piece kit is the full entry-level kit and the most common configuration.
If a piece occupies a legal destination for an opposing piece, it may be captured by removing it from the board and replacing it with the opposing piece.
If a piece of a color different from the player's current piece is shot, the player's piece will switch colors with it.
In addition to the traditional Baroque pieces, Rococo has an Advancer piece that moves like a queen, but captures the enemy piece it has run up next to, stopping just short of the piece taken.
In the case of zooping more than one piece at once, each piece is worth 100 points more than the piece before it.
In the diagrams, the dots mark the squares where the piece can move if no other pieces (including one's own piece) are on the squares between the piece's initial position and its destination.
The Bomb piece can be exploded on its turn in vertical and horizontal directions (similar to the movement of a rook), destroying any pieces in the blast range, and the Defuser piece can capture a bomb piece.
The exception is that a player who has not yet entered all pieces, can always enter a piece on a roll of 6. If the entry space is occupied by another player's piece, that piece is captured.
The new piece is nevertheless regarded as distinct from the original captured piece; the physical piece is used simply for convenience.
Three-piece Three-piece set for a young player: 16" bass, 10" snare, one 10" hanging tom A three piece drum set is the most basic set.
When attacking another piece a player hits their Strike button, presses their piece and then the targeted piece: the game either rewards a successful attack or punishes a failed strike with an appropriate bit of music.
Accordingly, Cavern Relics are designed to be equipped in four slots - Head, Hands, Body, and Feet - and each set provides both a 2-Piece and a 4-Piece effect.
Each piece of art tells a story, and each piece shared breathes individuality and originality.
For gear, you have three slots for head piece, chest piece and leggings.
Functional programming has been entering the mainstream piece by piece for decades.
Common combinations with piece
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- piece of 56×
- piece by 55×
- by piece 52×
- the piece 43×
- piece is 26×
- piece and 16×
- piece the 13×
- one piece 13×
- piece that 9×
- each piece 8×