EGAVE

pace

About 14.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A step. A step taken with the foot. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} 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.
  2. noun A step taken with the foot. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
  7. noun Speed or velocity in general.
  8. noun 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.

Similar words

step gait stride tread footstep yard rate tempo swing punch

Often followed by

of with and in the for to that at

Word family

paced paces pacing

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