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Definition of 'ACE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ace
a playing card or a die face bearing a single pip or spot.

2.  ace
a fighter pilot who downs a specified number of enemy aircraft in combat.

3.  ace
a very skilled person; expert; adept.

4.  ace
a score of one stroke made on such a shot.

5. (v.t.) ace
(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to win a point against (one's opponent) by an ace.

6.  ace
to make an ace on (a hole) in golf.

7.  ace
Slang. to defeat, supplant, or gain an advantage over by maneuvering (usu. fol. by out).

8.  ace
Slang.

9.  ace
to receive a grade of A in or on:
to ace a test.

10.  ace
to complete with great success.

11. (adj.) ace
excellent; first-rate; outstanding.

12.  ace
ace in the hole,

13.  ace
an ace in poker dealt and played facedown.

14.  ace
within an ace of, very close to:
within an ace of winning.

15.  ACE
American Council on Education.

16.  ACE
Army Corps of Engineers.

Definition of 'ACE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) one, 1, I, ace, single, unity
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
"he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"

2. (noun) ace
one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face

3. (noun) ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

4. (noun) angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE
proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II

5. (noun) Allied Command Europe, ACE
a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey

6. (adj) ace
a serve that the receiver is unable to reach

7. (verb) ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)
of the highest quality
"an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

8. (verb) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
succeed at easily
"She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

9. (verb) ace
score an ace against
"He aced his opponents"

10. (verb) ace
play (a hole) in one stroke

11. (verb) ace
serve an ace against (someone)

Definition of 'ACE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) ace
a playing card with a single symbol
the ace of clubs

Definition of 'ACE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ACE
a unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds

2. (noun) ACE
hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot

Translation of 'ACE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the one in playing-cards the ace of spades.
Afrikaans: aas	Arabic: آص: واحِد فِي وَرَق الشَد	Bulgarian: ас
Brazilian: ás	Czech: eso	German: das As
Danish: es	Greek: άσος (χαρτί τράπουλας)	Spanish: as
Estonian: äss (kaardimängus)	Farsi: آس	Finnish: ässä
French: as	Hebrew: קְלָף אַס	Hindi: इक्का
Croatian: as	Hungarian: ász (kártyában)	Indonesian: kartu as
Icelandic: ás	Italian: asso	Japanese: エース
Korean: (카드) 에이스	Lithuanian: tūzas	Latvian: dūzis
Malay: daun sat	Dutch: aas	Norwegian: ess
Polish: as	Persian: آس	Pashto: ټكي: خال، توس ( دلولو په
Portuguese: ás	Romanian: as	Russian: туз
Slovak: eso	Slovenian: as	Serbian: kec
Swedish: ess	Thai: ไพ่หนึ่งแต้ม	Turkish: as
Taiwanese: (紙牌中的)ACE牌	Ukrainian: туз	Urdu: تاش میں چڑیا کا یکہ
Vietnamese: quân át	Chinese: (紙牌中的)一
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