pace
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pace (plural paces)
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
- (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th-18th century]
- (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th-17th century]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th-19th century]
- Step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th century]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.[1] [from 14th century]
- 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.
- Way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:
- Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th century]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th century]
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th century]
- The collective noun for donkeys.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- […] 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.
- 2006, "Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist, 9 November 2006:
- A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.
- 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press (2007), ISBN 9781561643905, page 200:
- Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
step: step
step: distance covered
way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet
way of stepping: gait of a horse
speed
cricket: measure of pitch hardness
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Adjective [edit]
pace (not comparable)
Verb [edit]
pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)
- Walk to and fro in a small space.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- Set the speed in a race.
- Measure by walking.
Derived terms [edit]
- (set the speed in a race): pacemaker
Translations [edit]
Walk to and fro
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Set a race’s speed
Measure by walking
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin pace, “in peace”, ablative form of pax, “peace”.
Pronunciation [edit]
Preposition [edit]
pace
- (formal) With all due respect to.
Usage notes [edit]
Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.
Translations [edit]
With due respect to
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Etymology 3 [edit]
Alteration of Pasch.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pace (plural paces)
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance, ¶ № 6)
Anagrams [edit]
Galician [edit]
Verb [edit]
pace
Interlingua [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈpa.tse/
Noun [edit]
pace (uncountable)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pāx (“peace”), pacem.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
pace f (plural paci)
Related terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
pāce
- ablative singular of pāx
Romanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pāx, pacem.
Noun [edit]
pace f
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
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See also [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
pace (infinitive pacer)
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