pace has definitions from the field of sport
1
[ noun ] the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

Synonyms

gait

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 .

2
[ 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 .

Related terms

walk pacing

3
[ noun ] the distance covered by a step

Synonyms

step footstep stride

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 .

4
[ 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 .

5
[ noun ] the relative speed of progress or change

Synonyms

rate

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 .

6
[ verb ] measure (distances) by pacing

Synonyms

step

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 .

Related terms

quantify yard footstep step step

7
[ noun ] (sport) a step in walking or running

Synonyms

stride tread

Related terms

step walk stride

8
[ verb ] regulate or set the pace of

Examples

"Pace your efforts"

Related terms

determine

9
[ verb ] regulate or set the pace of

Examples

"Pace your efforts"

Related terms

measure determine tempo

10
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 681
11
[ noun ] the rate of some repeating event

Synonyms

tempo

Related terms

rate

12
[ noun ] 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

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