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PEES/piːs/

One part of a whole, or one item: a piece of cake, a piece of paper. Piece of + uncountable is the key pattern. Peace is no war — same sound for many speakers, different spelling. Bit is a more informal cousin.

Meaning

A part of something, or one item of a set.

Examples

• “Would you like a piece of cake?”
• “Can I have a small piece?”
• “She wrote her name on a piece of paper.”

Good to know

a piece of + uncountable. Not peace. Informal: a bit of.

Near in meaning

bit

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