[
US
/ˈpeɪs/
]
NOUN
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the distance covered by a step
he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig - the rate of some repeating event
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the relative speed of progress or change
the pace of events accelerated
he lived at a fast pace
he works at a great rate - the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- a step in walking or running
VERB
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walk with slow or fast paces
He paced up and down the hall -
measure (distances) by pacing
step off ten yards -
regulate or set the pace of
Pace your efforts -
go at a pace
The horse paced
How To Use pace 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?
- By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
- As for me, I was feeling a little spaced out and tired from my trip across the pond yesterday.
- Lastly, I am a bit of control freak with a blistering pace when it comes to work.
- Background-position: background image in the canvas element in the targeted space, designated the upper left corner of the image relative to the level of canvas and vertical spacing interval .
- The couples agreed on a discreet slate-tiled mansard roof extension that gave each house an additional 30sq m of floor space. Times, Sunday Times
- 'When I was a little girl I used to slip away from my nurse, climb to the top of my uncle's keep and sit in the crenel spaces. The Falcons of Montabard
- I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course. Archive 2009-02-01
- The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
- A space telescope will be launched in ten or 11 years to look for clues. The Sun
