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| 1. | [ noun ] the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | |
| Synonyms: | gait | |
| Related terms: | rate double_time beats_per_minute quick_time | |
| 2. | [ verb ] walk with slow or fast paces | |
| Examples: | "He paced up and down the hall" |
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| Related terms: | walk pacing | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the distance covered by a step | |
| Synonyms: | step footstep stride | |
| Examples: | "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" |
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| Related terms: | indefinite_quantity step step stride step | |
| 4. | [ verb ] go at a pace, as of a horse | |
| Related terms: | travel gallop single-foot walk rack canter pacer | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the relative speed of progress or change | |
| Synonyms: | rate | |
| Examples: | "he lived at a fast pace" "he works at a great rate" "the pace of events accelerated" |
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| Related terms: | temporal_property speed celerity slowness beat | |
| 6. | [ verb ] measure (distances) by pacing | |
| Synonyms: | step | |
| Examples: | "step off ten yards" |
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| Related terms: | quantify yard footstep step step | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (sport) a step in walking or running | |
| Synonyms: | stride tread | |
| Related terms: | step walk stride | |
| 8. | [ verb ] regulate or set the pace of | |
| Examples: | "Pace your efforts" |
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| Related terms: | determine | |
| 9. | [ verb ] regulate or set the pace of | |
| Examples: | "Pace your efforts" |
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| Related terms: | measure determine tempo | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 681 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the rate of some repeating event | |
| Synonyms: | tempo | |
| Related terms: | rate | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride | |
| Synonyms: | yard | |
| Related terms: | linear_unit chain perch lea fathom foot | |
| Similar spelling: |
PAC Pasche Pascoe Paek Paez page pause passe Paige Pasch paseo Pasco Pacheo Pascha passee Pascua pas Pak pax Paz pakchoi paca Pash Paiz Pais Paik pass passkey pack peace |
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