pace — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A step. A step taken with the foot.

2. A step. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.

   Examples

   Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

   I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.

3. A way of stepping. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.

   Examples

   We set off at a round pace.

   Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.

4. A way of stepping. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.

5. Speed or velocity in general.

   Synonyms

   temporhythm

   Examples

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   For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.

   The fastest women runners can run a mile in well under five minutes, but in order to reach that goal they've had to train at a much slower pace over thousands of miles.

6. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.

   Examples

   He didn't bowl a lot of pace in the first T20I.

7. A group of donkeys (asses).

   Usage

   • collective

   Examples

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   […] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.

   A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.

   Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.

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   we see and then imitate the pros moving about as quickly as a pace of asses pulling cannon through the Pripet Marshes.

8. A passage, a route. One's journey or route.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

9. A passage, a route. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].

10. A passage, a route. An aisle in a church.

    Usage

    • Obsolete

Adjective

1. Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Verb

1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.

   Examples

   Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.

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   As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.

2. To walk along or through sth with regular strides.

3. To set the speed.

   Synonyms

   set the pace

   Examples

   I helped her train for the marathon by pacing her on a bike.

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   The clubs in London, Manchester, Birmingham, etc., hold various track meetings for races varying from one mile to fifty miles, the longer distances being sometimes paced by tandems.

4. To measure by walking.

Preposition

1. With all due respect to.

   Usage

   • Formal

   Examples

   She is marvelous here, but he (pace many critics) is no bumpkin

Noun

1. Synonym of Easter.

Noun

1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

   Synonyms

   gait

   Broader terms

   rate

2. the distance covered by a step

   Synonyms

   footstepstepstride

   Broader terms

   indefinite quantity

   Examples

   he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

3. the relative speed of progress or change

   Synonyms

   rate

   Broader terms

   temporal property

   Examples

   he lived at a fast pace

   he works at a great rate

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   the pace of events accelerated

4. a step in walking or running

   Synonyms

   stridetread

   Broader terms

   step

5. the rate of some repeating event

   Synonyms

   tempo

   Broader terms

   rate

6. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

   Synonyms

   yard

   Broader terms

   linear unitlinear measure

Verb

1. walk with slow or fast paces

   Broader terms

   walk

   Examples

   He paced up and down the hall

2. go at a pace

   Broader terms

   travelgomovelocomote

   Examples

   The horse paced

3. measure (distances) by pacing

   Synonyms

   step

   Broader terms

   quantifymeasure

   Examples

   step off ten yards

4. regulate or set the pace of

   Broader terms

   determineshapemoldinfluenceregulatemould

   Examples

   Pace your efforts