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Pace Definition

pace

See also paçe

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English

Etymology 1

From Old French pas ← Latin passus.

Pronunciation

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.
    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.
Derived terms
Translations
a step
English unit of distance
  • French: pas (fr) m.
  • Slovene: korak (sl) m.
  • Spanish: paso (es) m.
speed
cricket: a measure of pitch hardness
military: the regulated speed of ground forces
  • Finnish: tahti (fi)
  • Russian: шаг (šag) m., темп (temp) m.
the gait of a horse
  • Finnish: passi (fi)
  • German: Passgang (de) m., Pass (de) m.
  • Japanese: 側対歩 (ja) (そくたいほ, sokutaiho), だく足 (ja) (だくあし, daku-ashi), アンブル (ja) (あんぶる, anburu)
  • Norwegian: pass (no)
  • Russian: иноходь (ru) (ínoχod') f.
  • Spanish: trote (es) m. (slow); galope (es) m. (speedy)
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  • Catalan: pas m.
  • Mandarin: 步幅
  • Dutch: tempo n.

Adjective

pace (not comparable)

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

Verb

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.
    • 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.
  2. Set the speed in a race.
  3. Measure by walking.
Derived terms
Translations
Walk to and fro
Set a race’s speed
  • Finnish: määrätä tahti
  • Japanese: 速度を保つ (ja) (そくどをたもつ, sokudo o tamotsu)
Measure by walking
  • French: arpenter (fr)
  • Japanese: 歩測する (ja) (ほそくする, hosoku suru)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

pace

  1. With all due respect to.
Usage notes

Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.

Translations
With due respect to
  • Catalan: amb tot el respecte per (ca)

Etymology 3

Alteration of Pasch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pace (plural paces)

  1. Easter.
Derived terms

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).

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

pace

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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

pace (uncountable)

  1. peace

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāx (“peace”), pacem.

Pronunciation

Noun

pace f. (plural paci)

  1. peace

Related terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

pāce

  1. ablative singular of pāx

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pāx, pacem.

Noun

pace f.

  1. peace

Antonyms

Related terms

See also

Spanish

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.

 

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  • Pace Foods, maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Company
  • Pace Membership Warehouse, a defunct American retail chain
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