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How to spell piece
Piece is spelled P-I-E-C-E.
What it means: A portion of something.
In a sentence: I ate a piece of chocolate cake.
The part people get wrong
Watch for the order of ie.
Not to be confused with: peace, a different word.
Same family: piecemeal, re-piece, piece together, patch, repair. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: The verb “to piece” comes from the noun “piece,” which entered English from Old French “piece,” meaning a bit or portion. Over time, English speakers began using it as a verb to mean ‘to repair or put together by adding pieces,’ much like assembling a puzzle.
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