English Explanatory Dictionary

pace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A step.
  2. A step taken with the foot.
  3. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
  4. A way of stepping.
  5. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
  6. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
  7. Speed or velocity in general.
  8. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
  9. A group of donkeys.
  10. A passage, a route.
  11. One's journey or route.
  12. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
adj
  1. Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
verb
  1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
  2. To set the speed in a race.
  3. To measure by walking.
prep
  1. With all due respect to.
noun
  1. Synonym of Easter.
name
  1. Acronym of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  2. Acronym of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
  3. Acronym of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.
  3. A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.

Pronunciation

/peɪs/ en-us-pace.ogg en-au-pace.ogg /ˈpætʃeɪ/ /ˈpɑːtʃeɪ/ /ˈpeɪsiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-pace.wav

Word forms

pace paces pacing paced

Etymology

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.

Synonyms

Easter

Derived words

at pace change of pace cinque-pace footpace force the pace gather pace geometrical pace halfpace keep pace keep the pace medium pace mend one's pace paceboard pace bowler pace bowling pace car pace lap paceline pacemaking paceman pace notes pace-of-life syndrome pacer pace-setter pacesetter pace setter pacesetting pace-setting pace stick paceway pacey pick up the pace put one through one's paces quarterpace requiescant in pace requiescat in pace set the pace snail pace snail's pace turn of pace walking pace pacemaker mispace outpace pace off pace oneself pace out repace tachypace pace egg

Translations

Armenian: քայլ Bashkir: аҙым Belarusian: крок Bulgarian: стъпка Catalan: pas Chamicuro: tepane Chinese Mandarin: 步伐 Chinese Mandarin: 步幅 Chinese Mandarin: 腳步 /脚步 Czech: krok Esperanto: paŝo Finnish: askel Finnish: passi Finnish: askellaji French: pas Galician: paso German: Schritt German: Passgang German: Pass Greek: βήμα Hungarian: lépés Ingrian: harkkamus Italian: passo Japanese: 歩幅 Japanese: 側対歩 Japanese: だく足 Japanese: アンブル Latin: passus Latin: gradus Latvian: solis Latvian: gaita Macedonian: чекор Māori: whetoko Norwegian Bokmål: steg Norwegian Bokmål: skritt Norwegian Nynorsk: steg Plautdietsch: Schrett Polish: krok Portuguese: passo Romanian: pas Russian: шаг Russian: и́ноходь Russian: аллю́р Slovak: krok Slovene: korak Southern Altai: алтам Spanish: paso Spanish: trote Spanish: galope Swahili: mwendo Ottoman Turkish: آدیم Ukrainian: крок Ukrainian: одно́хідь Norwegian: pass
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