Definitions of PACE [ˈpeɪ si, ˈpɑ tʃeɪ;]

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Definition of 'PACE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pace
a rate of movement, esp. in stepping, walking, etc.:
to hike at a rapid pace.

2.  pace
a rate of activity, progress, growth, etc.; tempo.

3.  pace
any of various standard linear measures representing the space measured by a single step in walking.

4.  pace
a single step.

5.  pace
the distance covered in a step.

6.  pace
a manner of stepping; gait.

7.  pace
a gait of a horse or other animal in which the feet on the same side are lifted and put down together.

8. (v.t.) pace
to set or regulate the pace for, as in racing.

9.  pace
to traverse with slow, regular steps.

10.  pace
to measure by paces.

11.  pace
to train to a certain pace:
to pace a horse.

12.  pace
(of a horse) to run (a distance) at a pace.

13. (v.i.) pace
to take slow, regular steps.

14.  pace
to walk up and down.

15.  pace
(of a horse) to go at a pace.

16. (prep.) pace
with all due respect to:
I do not, pace my rivals, agree with their ideas.

Etymology: (1860–65; < L pāce in peace, by favor (abl. sing. of pāxpeace , favor, pardon, grace))

Definition of 'PACE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pace, gait
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

2. (noun) footstep, pace, step, stride
the distance covered by a step
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

3. (noun) pace, rate
the relative speed of progress or change
"he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"

4. (noun) pace, stride, tread
a step in walking or running

5. (noun) tempo, pace
the rate of some repeating event

6. (verb) yard, pace
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

7. (verb) pace
walk with slow or fast paces
"He paced up and down the hall"

8. (verb) pace
go at a pace
"The horse paced"

9. (verb) pace, step
measure (distances) by pacing
"step off ten yards"

10. (verb) pace
regulate or set the pace of
"Pace your efforts"

Definition of 'PACE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) pace
the speed at which sb or sth is moving
We slowed our pace so that the kids could catch up.; Traveling alone lets you go at your own pace.

2.  pace
at sb's own pace
the speed at which sth happens or is done
the pace of economic growth

3.  pace
keep pace with
to develop or progress at the same speed as
Building has not kept pace with population growth.

4.  pace
a single step when you walk or run
He took two paces forward.

5.  pace
set the pace
to determine the level of quality, progress, etc. that is the standard
a company that sets the pace for the rest of the industry

6. (verb) pace
to walk back an forth nervously
a lion pacing in his cage

Definition of 'PACE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) PACE
a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step

2. (noun) PACE
the length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces

3. (noun) PACE
manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace

4. (noun) PACE
a slow gait; a footpace

5. (noun) PACE
specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack

6. (noun) PACE
any single movement, step, or procedure

7. (noun) PACE
a broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall

8. (noun) PACE
a device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web

9. (verb) PACE
to go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps

10. (verb) PACE
to proceed; to pass on

11. (verb) PACE
to move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack

12. (verb) PACE
to pass away; to die

13. (verb) PACE
to walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round

14. (verb) PACE
to measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground

15. (verb) PACE
to develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in

Definition of 'PACE'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. PACE
For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.

Translation of 'PACE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a step He took a pace forward.
Afrikaans: tree	Arabic: خُطْوَه	Bulgarian: крачка
Brazilian: passo	Czech: krok	German: der Schritt
Danish: skridt	Greek: βήμα	Spanish: paso
Estonian: samm	Farsi: گام	Finnish: askel
French: pas	Hebrew: צַעַד	Hindi: कदम
Croatian: korak	Hungarian: lépés	Indonesian: langkah
Icelandic: skref	Italian: passo	Japanese: １歩
Korean: 한 걸음	Lithuanian: žingsnis	Latvian: solis
Malay: langkah	Dutch: stap	Norwegian: skritt, steg
Polish: krok	Persian: گام	Pashto: ګام، تګ داس تګ
Portuguese: passo	Romanian: pas	Russian: шаг
Slovak: krok	Slovenian: korak	Serbian: korak
Swedish: steg	Thai: ฝีเท้า	Turkish: adım
Taiwanese: 步	Ukrainian: крок	Urdu: قدم
Vietnamese: bước chân	Chinese: 步
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