pace
has definitions from the field of sport
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[ noun ] the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Synonyms Used in print (The Providence Journal...)It has a fast pace , excellent music , expert direction , and not_only a good comedian , but an appealing person in his own right , Mr._Berman . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)American and free-world policies can marginally affect the pace of transition ; but basically that pace depends_on changes in the supply of resources and in the human attitudes , political institutions , and social_structure which each society must generate . American and free-world policies can marginally affect the pace of transition ; but basically that pace depends_on changes in the supply of resources and in the human attitudes , political institutions , and social_structure which each society must generate . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The pace could now be accelerated , for the inhabitants of the Aegean stood_on_firm_ground . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Mark 's thoughts must have been keeping silent pace beside his own , climbing the same crags in dirty white sneakers , clambering out on top of the headland and coming_upon the sudden glinting water at the same instant . Related terms |
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[ verb ] walk with slow or fast paces
Examples "He paced up and down the hall" Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He paced slowly , stooping , staring at the damp , slippery floor . He stopped pacing , leaned_against the dank , timbered wall and let his mind drift . He paced forward unsteadily , leaning too far back , his head tilted oddly . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Macneff stopped pacing to stare at Hal with his pale blue eyes . Hal waited : Macneff paced some more , frowning . |
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[ noun ] the distance covered by a step
Examples "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Kerr , who set the world_record earlier this month in New_York with a clocking of 1.09.3 , wiped_out Mills 's early pace and beat the young Big_10 quarter-mile king by 5 yards . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)The front of their column had already passed us , when another officer came riding down the side of the road , not five paces from where we were . Someone said that while we were standing here and arguing about it , the_British would be gone ; but Cousin_Simmons said he had watched them marching west early in the morning , and moving at a much brisker pace it had still taken half an hour for their column to pass , what with the narrowness of the road and their baggage and ammunition carts . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)It stood some fifty paces from the edge of the bank . Related terms |
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[ verb ] go at a pace, as of a horse
Used in print (The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)On December 5 he paced a mile in 2 : 55 on the twice-around , out in third position all_the_way . Hustler ( Knight_Dream-Torkin ) is a playful bay rascal of a colt , not the best gaited , but he surely can pace and is right_there with them , and sometimes leading them , in the best miles . Justine_Hanover ( Sampson_Hanover-Justitia_Hanover ) is improving with each work-out and paced 2 : 32.4 h weeks ago . On January 11 she paced a mile in 2 : 43.1 - : 38 h ; on Jan. 18 2 : 37.3 - : 36.1 h ; on Jan. 21 , 2 : 36 . She hesitated , she hopped , she roll and rocked , skipped and jumped , but in some two_weeks she started to pace , From_that time to this she has shown steady improvement and now looks_like one of the classiest things on the grounds . |
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[ noun ] the relative speed of progress or change
Synonyms Examples "he lived at a fast pace" "he works at a great rate" "the pace of events accelerated" Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)The result had nothing of the polish , pace or cohesion of the previous night . Related terms |
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[ verb ] measure (distances) by pacing
Synonyms Examples "step off ten yards" Used in print (Anita Loos, No Mother to Guide Her....)Stopping the cars at a fork in the road , he got_out , paced off a certain distance to a spot between two shrub-covered sand hills , and indicated a location . With greater precision he again paced off a location , this time a_little more to the left . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 681
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