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adverb (a little bit at a time; not as a whole: He did the work piecemeal.) po kosih* * *[pí:smi:l]1.adverbpo kosih, kosoma; postopoma;2.adjectiveposamezen -
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[pi:s] 1. noun1) (a part of anything: a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).) kos2) (a single thing or example of something: a piece of paper; a piece of news.) kos; primerek3) (a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc: He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.) delo4) (a coin of a particular value: a five-pence piece.) kovanec5) (in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game.) figura•2. adjective(done etc in this way: He has a rather piecemeal way of working.) nepovezan- go all to pieces- go to pieces
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- piece together
- to pieces* * *I [pi:s]nounkos, komad; del (stroja itd.); primerek (npr. a piece of advice nasvet); določena trgovska količina (npr. bala papirja, blaga; sod vina itd.); military revolver, puška, top; kovanec; (umetniško) delo, manjše literarno delo, gledališki komad, odlomek; šahovska figura; slang ženska, deklina; colloquially kos poti, hipec, kratek časall of a piece — izcela, iste vrste, skladenpiece by piece — kos za kosom, po kosihmilitary slang it's a piece of cake — to je lahkoa piece of news — novica, vesthumorously a piece of goods — človeka piece of luck — sreča, srečen slučaja piece of eight — figura (šah, dama)to give s.o. a piece of one's mind — povedati komu svoje mnenjecolloquially to say one's piece — povedati, kar ti leži na dušito go to pieces — zrušiti se (človek), izgubljati živcein pieces — razbit, v kosihof a piece with — prav tak kakor, v zvezi s čimto pay by the piece — plačati po kosu, plačati na akordto pick ( —ali pull) to pieces — raztrgati, skritiziratihumorously pick up the pieces! — vstani!, poberi se!II [pi:s]transitive verbsestaviti, povezati, zakrpatito piece on — dodati; pristajati, odgovarjatito piece out — podaljšati, razširiti; figuratively povečati, dopolnitito piece up — zakrpati, sestaviti po kosih; figuratively urediti, izgladitito piece together — sestaviti, zložiti
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Piecemeal — Piece meal , adv. [OE. pecemele; pece a piece + AS. m?lum, dat. pl. of m?l part. See {Meal} a portion.] 1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. On which it piecemeal brake. Chapman. [1913 Webster] The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Piecemeal — Piece meal , a. Made up of parts or pieces; single; separate. These piecemeal guilts. Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piecemeal — adverb by degrees, drop by drop, gradually, in installments, in small doses, in small quantities, inch by inch, little by little, partially associated concepts: piecemeal zoning Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Piecemeal — Piece meal , n. A fragment; a scrap. R. Vaughan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piecemeal — (adv.) c.1300, from PIECE (Cf. piece) (n.) + O.E. mælum at a time, dative plural of mæl appointed time, food served (see MEAL (Cf. meal) (n.1)). The second element once was more commonly used, e.g. O.E. styccemælum bit by bit, gearmælum … Etymology dictionary
piecemeal — [adj/adv] bit by bit at intervals, by degrees, by fits and starts*, fitfully, fragmentary, gradual, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little*, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step*; concepts 531,544 Ant.… … New thesaurus
piecemeal — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ done piece by piece over a period of time. ORIGIN from PIECE(Cf. ↑piece) + an Old English word meaning «measure, quantity taken at one time» … English terms dictionary
piecemeal — [pēs′mēl΄] adv. [ME pecemel < pece (see PIECE) + mele: see MEAL] 1. piece by piece; in small amounts or degrees 2. into pieces or parts adj. made or done in pieces or one piece at a time … English World dictionary
Piecemeal — Superherobox| caption= New Mutants Annual #7 , The first appearance of Harness and Piecemeal character name=Piecemeal real name=Gilbert Benson publisher=Marvel Comics debut= New Mutants #7 creators=Fabian Nicieza Guang Yap species=Human Mutant… … Wikipedia
piecemeal — [[t]pi͟ːsmiːl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a change or process as piecemeal, you disapprove of it because it happens gradually, usually at irregular intervals, and is probably not satisfactory. Instead of the… … English dictionary
piecemeal — piece|meal [ˈpi:smi:l] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: piece + meal by one part at a time (11 19 centuries) (from Old English mAlum)] a process that is piecemeal happens slowly and in stages that are not regular or planned properly ▪ The buildings… … Dictionary of contemporary English