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ACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serve that the receiver is unable to reach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):
serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)
Derivation:
ace (serve an ace against (someone))
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):
ace of clubs (the ace in the club suit)
ace of diamonds (the ace in the diamond suit)
ace of hearts (the ace in the heart suit)
ace of spades (the ace in the spade suit; sometimes taken as a portent of death)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ACE" is a kind of...):
headquarters ((plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff)
Meronyms (members of "ACE"):
SACEUR; Supreme Allied Commander Europe (commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe)
Holonyms ("ACE" is a part of...):
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Synonyms:
ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):
expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):
track star (a star runner)
Derivation:
ace (succeed at easily)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Example:
they had lunch at one
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):
monad; monas (a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive)
singleton (a single object (as distinguished from a pair))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
Synonyms:
ACE; angiotensin-converting enzyme; angiotensin converting enzyme
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ACE" is a kind of...):
peptidase; protease; proteinase; proteolytic enzyme (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the highest quality
Example:
she is absolutely tops
Synonyms:
A-one; ace; crack; first-rate; super; tiptop; top-notch; topnotch; tops
Classified under:
Similar:
superior (of high or superior quality or performance)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ace ... he / she / it aces
Past simple: aced
Past participle: aced
-ing form: acing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serve an ace against (someone)
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):
serve (put the ball into play)
Domain category:
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
ace (a serve that the receiver is unable to reach)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Play (a hole) in one stroke
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Score an ace against
Example:
He aced his opponents
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Succeed at easily
Example:
She nailed her astrophysics course
Synonyms:
ace; breeze through; nail; pass with flying colors; sail through; sweep through
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):
make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
ace (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)
Context examples:
I was within an ace of calling for help.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“It has been pricked. It is the ace of hearts.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The tert-butylamine salt of perindopril, the ethyl ester of a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.
(Perindopril Erbumine, NCI Thesaurus)
Moexiprilat competitively inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.
(Moexiprilat, NCI Thesaurus)
Omapatrilat exerts its effect by inhibiting angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and neutral endopeptidase (NEP).
(Omapatrilat, NCI Thesaurus)
As a prodrug, pentopril is hydrolyzed into its active form pentoprilat, which competitively inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.
(Pentopril, NCI Thesaurus)
It would appear that ACE 2 inhibits the formation of angiotensin and reduces blood pressure increases.
(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Allogeneic tri-viral specific, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (Adv, CMV and EBV or ACE), cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) with potential antiviral activity.
(Adenovirus/Cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr Virus-specific Allogeneic Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
A long-acting, sulfhydryl-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.
(Alacepril, NCI Thesaurus)
Having a substantial blood pressure lowering capability, Amlodipine Besylate Benazepril Hydrochloride contains a dihydropyridine calcium blocker (amlodipine) and an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (benazepril).
(Amlodipine Besylate/Benazepril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
