pace

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 Adjective 1.1.4 Verb 1.1.4.1 Derived terms 1.1.4.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Preposition 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Derived terms 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Romanian 4.1 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French pas ← Latin passus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /peɪs/, SAMPA: /peIs/

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  Rhymes: -eɪs

[edit] Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. A step taken with the foot.

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

2. An English Customary Unit of distance measuring approximately five feet.^[1]

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

3. Speed or velocity.

   OHSU accelerates the pace of technology spin-offs.

4. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
5. (military) For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.^[2]
6. A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse.
7. The collective noun for donkeys.

[edit] Derived terms

• pace car
• pacemaker
• pace setter
• pacer

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[edit] Adjective

pace (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

[edit] Verb

to pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)

1. Walk to and fro in a small space.
2. Set the speed in a race.
3. Measure by walking.

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• (set the speed in a race): pacemaker

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin pace, “in peace”, ablative form of pax, “peace”.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtʃe/, /ˈpɑːke/, SAMPA: /"pA:tSe/, /"pA:ke/

[edit] Preposition

pace

1. With all due respect to.

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[edit] Etymology 3

Alteration of Pasch.

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[edit] Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. Easter.

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• pace egg

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ 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)
2. ^ Joint Publication 1–02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acep
• APEC
• cape
• EPCA

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

pace

1. third-person singular present indicative of pacer.
2. second-person singular imperative of pacer.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pāx (“‘peace’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpatʃe]

[edit] Noun

pace f. (plural paci)

1. peace

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• pacatezza
• pacato
• pace interiore, pace della mente
• pacificare
• pacifico

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Noun

pace f.

1. peace

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

pace (infinitive: pacer)

1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pacer.