pace

Plural: paces

Noun

• the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• the distance covered by a step
  • "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
• the relative speed of progress or change
  • "he lived at a fast pace"
  • "the pace of events accelerated"
• a step in walking or running
• the rate of some repeating event
• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• A step.
• A step taken with the foot.
• A step.
• The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
• A way of stepping.
• A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
• A way of stepping.
• Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
• Speed or velocity in general.
• A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
• A group of donkeys.
• A passage, a route.
• One's journey or route.
• A passage, a route.
• A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
• A passage, a route.
• An aisle in a church.
• Easter.

Verb

Verb Forms: paced, pacing, paces

• To walk with regular steps, often back and forth.
• walk with slow or fast paces
  • "He paced up and down the hall"
• go at a pace
  • "The horse paced"
• measure (distances) by pacing
• regulate or set the pace of
  • "Pace your efforts"
• To walk back and forth in a small distance.
• To set the speed in a race.
• To measure by walking.

Adj

• Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Prep

• With all due respect to.

Examples

• Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
• He began to PACE nervously, unable to find a single valid word using his high-scoring tiles.
• He didn't bowl a lot of pace in the first T20I.
• I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.

Synonyms

footstep, gait, rate, step, stride, tempo, tread, yard

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