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Past tense of piece

regular verb

The past tense of piece is pieced. The past participle is also pieced.

Forms of piece

Base form (V1)piece /piːs/
Past tense (V2)pieced
Past participle (V3)pieced
Present participlepiecing
Third person singularpieces /ˈpiːsɪz/

Pieced in a sentence

  • So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.From the entry partial
  • The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.From the entry piece together
  • She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard.From the entry piece out
  • He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses.From the entry piece out
  • I waited tables, auditioned, pieced together a life out of odd jobs and ambition.2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the…. From the entry wait tables

Meaning of piece

  1. noun A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. noun A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of piece

Questions about the past tense of piece

What is the past tense of piece?
The past tense of piece is pieced.
What is the past participle of piece?
The past participle of piece is pieced.
Is piece a regular or irregular verb?
Piece is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: piece (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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