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set piece

noun set pieces · setpiece · set-piece

  1. A piece of freestanding stage scenery.
  2. Any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation. set-piece battle
  3. An elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work. What’s so great about the episode is it takes its time. The first 30 minutes of this 79-minute behemoth—a model for season eight’s reportedly extended run-times—are a single set piece, the big parlay in the Dragon Pit at King’s Landing.
  4. Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff. Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.

    Similar: set play

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noun soccer strategy

Españolbalón parado
DeutschStandardsituation
Русскийстанда́ртное положе́ние standártnoje položénije

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"set piece." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/set%20piece. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{set_piece_2026,
  title = {set piece},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set%20piece},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}