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To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.
- It took years for the archeologist to piece together the fragments of the shattered vase.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The detective painstakingly collected clues to piece together what happened that tragic night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
拼湊 /拼凑
(pīncòu)
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Finnish:
liittää yhteen
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Finnish:
yhdistää
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Finnish:
koota
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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French:
assembler
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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French:
reconstituer
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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German:
zusammenfügen
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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German:
zusammensetzen
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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German:
zusammenstellen
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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German:
zusammenbasteln
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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German:
zusammenstückeln
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Persian:
سر هم کردن
(sar-e ham kardan)
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Spanish:
juntar
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Spanish:
montar
— to physically assemble from fragments or pieces
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Chinese Mandarin:
重建
(chóngjiàn)
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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Finnish:
selvittää
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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French:
reconstituer
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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French:
réassembler
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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German:
klittern
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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German:
zusammenklittern
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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German:
zusammenstückeln
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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German:
rekonstruieren
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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German:
zusammensetzen
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
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Spanish:
reconstruir
— (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements
