[ US /ˈeɪs/ ]
[ UK /ˈe‍ɪs/ ]
VERB
  1. serve an ace against (someone)
  2. succeed at easily
    She nailed her astrophysics course
    You will pass with flying colors
    She sailed through her exams
  3. score an ace against
    He aced his opponents
  4. play (a hole) in one stroke
NOUN
  1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
    they had lunch at one
    he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
  2. a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
  3. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  4. one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
ADJECTIVE
  1. of the highest quality
    played top-notch tennis
    a super party
    she is absolutely tops
    a first-rate golfer
    an ace reporter
    a crack shot
    an athlete in tiptop condition
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How To Use ace In A Sentence

  • You think Spielberg would only have a rattletrap third-rate spaceship like the Millennium Falcon to ensure his survival? Does George Lucas think the world will end in 2012?
  • The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
  • Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
  • Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
  • Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
  • Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
  • They were now surrounded on all sides by a ring of excited, curious faces.
  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am.
  • Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance. Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ?
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