Piece together

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verb

To put parts of something together to understand it or to figure it out.

The police are trying to piece together the events of last night.
Visual representation of "piece together" - To put parts of something together to understand it or to figure it out.

Often appears as...

  • piece together information
  • piece together events
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Context Clues

Use surrounding words and sentences to understand 'piece together' in complex scenarios.

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Detectives had to piece together clues from various testimonies.
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Analytical Process

'Piece together' implies a careful, often slow, process of understanding or solving something.

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It took hours to piece together the sequence of the system failure.
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Incomplete Information

It's used when you have partial information and are trying to get a full picture.

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We're still piecing together reports from the incident.
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