Pace - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |peɪs|  American pronunciation of the word pace
Brit.  |peɪs|  British pronunciation of the word pace

noun

- the rate of moving (especially walking or running) (syn: gait)
- the distance covered by a step (syn: footstep, step, stride)
he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
- the relative speed of progress or change (syn: rate)
He lived at a fast pace
the pace of events accelerated
- a step in walking or running (syn: stride, tread)
- the rate of some repeating event (syn: tempo)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride (syn: yard)

verb

- walk with slow or fast paces
He paced up and down the hall
- go at a pace
The horse paced
- measure (distances) by pacing (syn: step)
- regulate or set the pace of

Extra examples

We walked at a leisurely pace along the shore.

The pace of the story was slow.

His new album is selling at a blistering pace.

When she gets nervous she paces back and forth.

He was pacing and muttering to himself.

She paced the other runners for the first half of the race.

Advertisements are paced so that they are shown more often during peak sales seasons.

Step off twenty paces.

The trainer puts the tiger through its paces.

I see she means to put him through his paces.

I could hear him pacing the floor.

Sentinels paced the rounds day and night.

I paced along the shore, deep in thought.

Pace off three metres, and then stop.

The pace of change in our lives is becoming faster and faster.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: pace
he/she/it: paces
present participle: pacing
past tense: paced
past participle: paced
noun
singular: pace
plural: paces
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