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nouna unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
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"he lived at a fast pace" "the pace of events accelerated"nounthe relative speed of progress or change
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verbmeasure (distances) by pacing
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nounthe rate of moving (especially walking or running)
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nounthe rate of some repeating event
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nouna step in walking or running
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"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"nounthe distance covered by a steptype of:
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"The horse paced"verbgo at a pace
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verbregulate or set the pace of
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"He paced up and down the hall"verbwalk with slow or fast pacestype of:
Definition that contains pace
- go stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- from Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; the anitithesis and correlative of to;
- take require (time or space)
- way space for movement
- off at a distance in space or time
- first preceding all others in time or space or degree
- away at a distance in space or time
- last coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
- place the particular portion of space occupied by something
- place a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)