Dictionary Definition
pace
Noun
1 the rate of moving (especially walking or
running) [syn: gait]
2 the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off
ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, step, stride]
3 the relative speed of progress or change; "he
lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of
events accelerated" [syn: rate]
5 the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo]
6 a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as
91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a
stride [syn: yard]
Verb
1 walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and
down the hall"
2 go at a pace; "The horse paced"
3 measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten
yards" [syn: step]
4 regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your
efforts"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From pas ← passus.Pronunciation 1
- /peɪs/
- Rhymes with: -eɪs
Noun
- A step taken with the
foot.
- Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
- An English
Customary Unit of distance measuring approximately five
feet.
- I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
- Speed or velocity.
- OHSU accelerates the pace of technology spin-offs.
- A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
- For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.
- A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse.
Derived terms
Translations
a step
- Finnish: askel
- Greek: βήμα (víma)
- Hungarian: lépés
- Polish: krok
- Portuguese: passo
- Russian: шаг (šag)
- Slovene: korak
- Spanish: paso
English unit of distance
- Slovene: korak
speed
cricket: a measure of pitch hardness
military: the regulated speed of ground forces
the gait of a horse
- Finnish: passi
- Russian: иноходь (ínoχod')
- Spanish: trote (slow); galope (speedy)
Verb
- Walk to and fro in a small space.
- Set the speed in a race.
Translations
Walk to and fro
- Finnish: astella edestakaisin
- French: arpenter
Set a race’s speed
Pronunciation 2
- 1 /ˈpɑːʧe/
- 2 /ˈpɑːke/
Preposition
pace- With all due respect to.
Translations
With due respect to
Etymology 3
Alteration of Pasch.Derived terms
Anagrams
References
Italian
Etymology
Latin paxNoun
paceRelated terms
Romanian
Noun
paceExtensive Definition
Pace may refer to:
- Pace (speed), the speed at which movement occurs
- Pace (length), a unit of length
- "Peace" in Italian, sometimes written on a rainbow flag
- "With peace" in Latin (ablative case of pax), sometimes used in formal writing to indicate disagreement with a source
- Pace, a horse gait
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, legislation governing police operations in the United Kingdom
Persons
- Pace (surname)
- Amanda & Rachel Pace, the American child actress twins
- Archie "Winky" Pace, 1947 World Gurning Champion
- Arnold Rimmer-Pace, Biographer of the Marquis de Sade
- Buddy Pace, Played fleegle in the Banana Splits and later Barney the Dinosaur
- Bunty Pace, 1908 World Shin Kicking Champion
- Calvin Pace, the American football player
- DCI Endeavour Pace of Scotland Yard, Instrumental in the capture of the notorious "Black Fingernail"
- Darrell Pace, the American Olympic archer
- Derek Pace, the English footballer who played between 1950-1966
- Father Ebeneezer Pace, 17th century mystic and notorious satanist
- Frank Pace, Jr., the late American public official and business executive
- Giulio Pace, the 16th century Italian Aristotlean and jurist
- Grenville Pace, winner of the 1903 Grand National on "Hoof Hearted"
- Hildegard Pace, Chief whip in Moseley's fascist party
- Homer Pace, founder of Pace University in New York state, USA
- Hubert Felchington-Pace, Notorius 18th Century Rake
- Ian Pace, the British pianist
- Jamie Pace, the Maltese footballer
- Jordan Scott Pace, the 18th century English philosopher
- José Carlos Pace, the late Brazilian Formula One driver
- Lionel Pace, Lead singer of Boney M
- Lee Pace, the american actor
- Nik Pace, runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
- Norman Pace, the British comedian
- Norman R. Pace, American environmental microbiologist, University of Colorado
- Orlando Pace, the American football player
- Paul-Paula Pace, Worlds first transgender patient
- Peter Pace, General, USMC, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Rex Pace, Choreographer of the "Save All Your Kisses For Me" dance in 1976
- Richard Pace, the 16th Century English diplomat
- Warburton Pace, 70's US Wrestling Star, special move "The Breadmaker"
- Wayne Pace, the American CFO of Time Warner
Places in the United States
Education
- Pace University, in New York state, USA
- Pace University High School, in New York state, USA
- Pace Academy, a private secondary school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement at York University, Canada
- P.A.C.E. The Academy for Gifted Children in Ontario, Canada
Business
- Pace Micro Technology, a British electronics company
- Pace (transit), an operator of buses in the suburbs of Chicago, USA
- Pace, a brand of salsa (sauce) sold in North America
See also
- Pacé, a disambiguation page for French communes
- Pace's Ferry, Georgia
- Battle of Pace's Ferry, American Civil War
- Pacemaker (track), one who sets the pace or speed in a race
- Artificial pacemaker, an implantable device used to regulate the heartbeat
pace in German: Pace
pace in French: Pace
pace in Dutch: Pace
pace in Polish: Pace
pace in Volapük: Pace
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
amble,
ambulate, ankle, antecede, antedate, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, barge, bat, be the bellwether, beacon, bowl along, bundle, calculate, calibrate, caliper, canter, caracole, career, catch a crab, celerity, check a parameter,
circumambulate,
clip, clop, clump, compute, curvet, cut a crab, determine, dial, divide, drag, droop, estimate, evaluate, fathom, feather, feather an oar,
figure, flounce, foot, foot it, footfall, footslog, footstep, forerun, frisk, gage, gait, gallop, gauge, get ahead of, get before,
give way, go before, go on horseback, graduate, grind, groove, guide, hack, halt, have the start, head, head the line, hippety-hop,
hitch, hobble, hoof, hoof it, hoofbeat, hop, inoffensive, jaywalk, jog, jog on, jolt, judge, jump, lap, lead, lead the dance, lead the way,
leg, leg it, lick, light the way, limp, lock step, lope, lumber, lunge, lurch, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, mince, mincing steps, mount, outstrip, pad, paddle, pedestrianize, peg, perambulate, peripateticate, piaffe, piaffer, plod, plumb, ply the oar, prance, precede, predate, prize, probe, progress, pull, punt, quantify, quantize, quickness, rack, rapidity, rate, reckon, ride bareback, ride hard,
roll, rote, row, row away, row dry, rut, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scull, scuttle, set the pace, shamble, ship oars, shoot, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, size, size up, skip, sky an oar, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, sound, span, spearhead, speed, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand first, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, stump it, survey, swagger, swiftness, swing, take a reading, take horse,
take the lead, tempo,
time, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, travel, traverse, tread, treadmill, triangulate, trip, troop, trot, trudge, valuate, value, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, weigh, wiggle, wobble