apiece
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apiece
- /əˈpiːs/ UK
- /əˈpis/ US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
Univerbation of a + piece (noun), from Late Middle English a pece. Pece is derived from Anglo-Norman pece, peece, peice, Middle French piece, and Old French pece, pice, piece (“part of a whole”) (modern French pièce); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Late Latin *pettia, *pettium (compare pecia, pecium, petia, petium (“broken piece, fragment; piece of land”)), or from their possible etymon Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion; quota”).
adverb
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Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.
Near-synonyms: all, individually, singly; piecemeal, piecewise
Similar: all, individually, singly, piecemeal, piecewise
- For an undetermined distance. down the road apiece
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: each, piece, all, individual, exhibit, per, room, equiangularly, manifold, bifacially, monopodially, bilocally, egg-crated, quadruply, double, diviso
Translations
Talk about this word "apiece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/apiece. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. apiece. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/apiece "apiece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/apiece.Cite this
@misc{apiece_2026,
title = {apiece},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apiece},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
