pace

Meaning of pace

noun
  1. a single step taken when walking or running.
    Kirov stepped back a pace
  2. speed in walking, running, or moving.
    he's an aggressive player with plenty of pace
    the ring road allows traffic to flow at a remarkably fast pace
verb
  1. walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance.
    we paced up and down in exasperation
    she had been pacing the room
  2. move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed.
    the action is paced to the beat of a perky march
    our fast-paced daily lives

Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’.

preposition
  1. with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction.
    narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead

Latin, literally ‘in peace’, ablative of pax, as in pace tua ‘by your leave’.

abbreviation, singular proper noun

Police and Criminal Evidence Act.

Information about pace

Hyphenation of pace

pace

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • pace is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pace synonyms

Meaning gait:

gait

Meaning footstep:

footstep, step, stride

Meaning rate:

rate

Meaning stride:

stride, tread

Meaning tempo:

tempo

Meaning yard:

yard

Meaning step:

step

Meaning the rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate:

speed

Meaning the quality of moving at high speed:

swiftness

Meaning the quality of moving fast or doing something in a short time:

quickness

Meaning the quality of moving or reacting with great speed:

rapidity

Meaning (in general use) speed:

velocity

Meaning the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity:

momentum

Meaning a flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place:

clip

Meaning an act of licking something with the tongue:

lick

Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:

walk

Meaning walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread:

march

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it:

patrol

Meaning go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.):

cross

Meaning travel across or through:

traverse

Translation of pace

Anagrams of pace

Cape, cape, ceap, cepa

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