pace
(noun, adjective, verb, preposition)
adjective
1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
noun
1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Similar word(s): gait
Definition categories: time, rate
2. the distance covered by a step
- he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Similar word(s): footstep, step, stride
Definition categories: quantity
3. the relative speed of progress or change
- he lived at a fast pace
- the pace of events accelerated
Similar word(s): rate
Definition categories: attribute
4. a step in walking or running
Similar word(s): stride, tread
Definition categories: act, step
5. the rate of some repeating event
Similar word(s): tempo
Definition categories: time, rate
6. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Similar word(s): yard
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with pace as a noun:
- Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
- I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
preposition
1. (formal) With all due respect to.
verb
1. walk with slow or fast paces
- He paced up and down the hall
Definition categories: motion, walk
2. go at a pace
- The horse paced
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
3. measure (distances) by pacing
Similar word(s): step
Definition categories: change, measure, quantify
4. regulate or set the pace of
- Pace your efforts
Definition categories: cognition, determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape