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   pace

   /peɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a single step taken when walking or running: "Kirov stepped back a pace" Similar stepstridefootstep
   • ▪ a unit of length representing the distance between two successive steps in walking: "her eyes could size up a lad's wallet at fifty paces"
   • ▪ a gait of a horse or other animal, especially one of the recognized trained gaits of a horse.
   • ▪ a person's manner of walking or running: literary "I steal with quiet pace" Similar gaitstridewalktreadmarchrhythm
   • 2. speed in walking, running, or moving: "most traffic moved at the pace of the riverboat" Similar speedrateswiftnessquicknessrapidityvelocitytempomomentuminformal:cliplick
   • ▪ the speed or rate at which something happens or develops: "the industrial boom gathered pace"
   • ▪ the state of a wicket as affecting the speed of the ball: "he can cope with the pace of the Australian wickets"

   verb

   • 1. walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance: "we paced up and down in exasperation"
   • ▪ measure (a distance) by walking it and counting the number of steps taken: "I paced out the dimensions of my new home"
   • ▪ (of a trained horse) move in a distinctive lateral gait in which both legs on the same side are lifted together: "he will suddenly pace for a few steps, then go back into normal walk"
   • 2. move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed: "the action is paced to the beat of a perky march"
   • ▪ lead (another runner in a race) in order to establish a competitive speed: "McKenna paced us for four miles"
   • ▪ do something at a slow and steady rate in order to avoid overexertion: "Frank was pacing himself for the long night ahead"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’.

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   What does pace mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PACE definition: 1. the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes: 2…. Learn more.

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   What does paced mean?

   • , paced, pac·ing. to set the rate of movement for, as in racing. He paced the floor nervously. to measure by steps or by any of various standard linear measures representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking. to pace a horse. Hanover II paced a mile. , paced, pac·ing. to take slow, regular steps.

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   Is pace a Latin word?

   • The Latin word pace is a form of pax, meaning "peace" or "permission," and when used sincerely the word does indeed suggest a desire for both. This Latin borrowing is unrelated to the more common noun pace (as in "keeping pace") and its related verb ("pacing the room"); these also come from Latin, but from the word pandere, meaning "to spread."

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   What does pacing mean?

   • , paced, pac·ing. to take slow, regular steps. to walk up and down nervously, as to expend nervous energy. (of a horse) to go at a pace. I do not, pace my rival, hold with the ideas of the reactionists.

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   Pace definition: a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.. See examples of PACE used in a sentence.

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   Pace is how fast something travels a particular distance, like a runner who tries to achieve a consistent pace, running each mile in more or less the same amount of time.

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   Pace can mean a step, a stride, a rate of movement, a unit of length, or a manner of walking or running. It can also be a preposition meaning with deference to, or an acronym for a law in England and Wales.

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