pace.
A step.
Meaning & usage
A step. A step taken with the foot.
A step. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
A way of stepping. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
We set off at a round pace.
A way of stepping. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
Speed or velocity in general.
A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
He didn't bowl a lot of pace in the first T20I.
A group of donkeys (asses).
A passage, a route. One's journey or route.
A passage, a route. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
A passage, a route. An aisle in a church.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso.
Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso.
To walk back and forth in a small distance.
To walk along or through sth with regular strides.
To set the speed.
I helped her train for the marathon by pacing her on a bike.
To measure by walking.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso.
With all due respect to.
Where this word comes from
From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”).
Synonym of Easter.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
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