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PACE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A step in walking or running

Synonyms:

pace; stride; tread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)

Holonyms ("pace" is a part of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

Derivation:

pace (measure (distances) by pacing)

pace (walk with slow or fast paces)

pace (go at a pace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The relative speed of progress or change

Example:

the pace of events accelerated

Synonyms:

pace; rate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

temporal property (a property relating to time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pace"):

fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)

beat (a regular rate of repetition)

celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)

deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)

sluggishness (the pace of things that move relatively slowly)

Derivation:

pace (regulate or set the pace of)

pace (walk with slow or fast paces)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

Synonyms:

pace; yard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Meronyms (parts of "pace"):

foot; ft (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard)

Holonyms ("pace" is a part of...):

fathom; fthm (a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth)

lea (a unit of length of thread or yarn)

chain (a unit of length)

perch; pole; rod (a linear measure of 16.5 feet)

Derivation:

pace (measure (distances) by pacing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The distance covered by a step

Example:

he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

Synonyms:

footstep; pace; step; stride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Derivation:

pace (measure (distances) by pacing)

pace (walk with slow or fast paces)

pace (go at a pace)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The rate of moving (especially walking or running)

Synonyms:

gait; pace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pace"):

quick time (a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute)

double time (a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog)

Derivation:

pace (measure (distances) by pacing)

pace (walk with slow or fast paces)

pace (go at a pace)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The rate of some repeating event

Synonyms:

pace; tempo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pace"):

beats per minute; bpm; M.M.; metronome marking (the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds)

Derivation:

pace (regulate or set the pace of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Measure (distances) by pacing

Example:

step off ten yards

Synonyms:

pace; step

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):

measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pace (the rate of moving (especially walking or running))

pace (the distance covered by a step)

pace (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)

pace (a step in walking or running)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Regulate or set the pace of

Example:

Pace your efforts

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):

determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

pace (the relative speed of progress or change)

pace (the rate of some repeating event)

pacer (a horse used to set the pace in racing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Walk with slow or fast paces

Example:

He paced up and down the hall

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They pace up the hill

Derivation:

pace (a step in walking or running)

pace (the relative speed of progress or change)

pace (the distance covered by a step)

pace (the rate of moving (especially walking or running))

pacing (walking with slow regular strides)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go at a pace

Example:

The horse paced

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pace"):

canter (go at a canter, of horses)

walk (walk at a pace)

rack; single-foot (go at a rack)

gallop (go at galloping speed)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pace (a step in walking or running)

pace (the distance covered by a step)

pace (the rate of moving (especially walking or running))

pacer (a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Holmes paced with light, swift steps about the room; he sat in the various chairs, drawing them up and reconstructing their positions.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And we set off at a great pace, sometimes plunging through the bushes to the chest.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then he rose, and paced slowly up and down the room, his chin sunk upon his breast.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Eat his/her meals at a normal pace and with appropriate manners?

(DAD - Eat Meals at a Normal Pace and with Appropriate Manners, NCI Thesaurus)

So in a way it could help reduce imports, because with slower nutrient releases, plants can absorb it by portions more suited to their metabolism, their pace of growth.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

The sunspots move only at the pace of the sun's rotation, much slower than the movement of Mercury.

(Mercury passes in front of the Sun, as seen from Mars, NASA)

This summer, the melt of Arctic sea ice surprised scientists by changing pace several times.

(Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record, NASA)

Failure to pace manifests as absence of pacemaker stimulation artifacts on electrocardiographic recordings despite rates below pacemaker programmed rate.

(Failure of Cardiac Pacemaker to Pace, NCI Thesaurus)

Pacing voltage or pulse width is less than desired.

(Inadequate Pacing Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

I walked with a quick pace, and we soon arrived at my college.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)