pace

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French pas ← Latin passus.

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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.
    The pace of the Olympic walk is much greater than normal human walking.
  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. (horses) A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse.
  7. The collective noun for donkeys.
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a step
English unit of distance
speed
cricket: a measure of pitch hardness
military: the regulated speed of ground forces
the gait of a horse
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[edit] Adjective

pace (not comparable)

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

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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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Walk to and fro
Set a race’s speed
Measure by walking

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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

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pace

  1. With all due respect to.
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Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.

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With due respect to

[edit] Etymology 3

Alteration of Pasch.

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pace (plural paces)

  1. Easter.
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[edit] References

  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).

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pace

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

[edit] Interlingua

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  • IPA: /ˈpa.tse/

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pace (uncountable)

  1. peace

[edit] Italian

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From Latin pāx (“peace”), pacem.

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pace f. (plural paci)

  1. peace

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pāce

  1. ablative singular of pāx

[edit] Romanian

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From Latin pāx, pacem.

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pace f.

  1. peace

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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.
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