pace
Other forms: paces; paced; pacing
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.
Pace comes from the Latin word passus, meaning “a step.” Pace is a noun, meaning "the speed at which something happens." Some say city life has a faster pace because everyone hurries and there are so many exciting things to do. Pace is also a verb — if you pace yourself, you’ll have enough energy to experience all of that city's sights, from the rush of rush hour to the late-night party scene.
Definitions of pace
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the relative speed of progress or change“he lived at a fast pace”“the pace of events accelerated”
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fastness, speed, swiftness
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
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beat
a regular rate of repetition
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celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
a rate that is rapid
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deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
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sluggishness
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
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fleetness
rapidity of movement
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immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness
the quickness of action or occurrence
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despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness
the property of being prompt and efficient
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promptitude, promptness
the characteristic of doing things without delay
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haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
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execution speed
(computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS
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graduality, gradualness
the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages
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leisureliness
slowness by virtue of being leisurely
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dilatoriness, procrastination
slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
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temporal property
a property relating to time
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the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
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synonyms:
gait
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quick time
a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
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double time
a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
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rate
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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quick time
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the rate of some repeating event
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synonyms:
tempo
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M.M., beats per minute, bpm, metronome marking
the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
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rate
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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M.M., beats per minute, bpm, metronome marking
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a step in walking or running
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the distance covered by a step“he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig”
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indefinite quantity
an estimated quantity
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indefinite quantity
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regulate or set the pace of
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go at a pace“The horse paced”
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canter
go at a canter, of horses
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walk
walk at a pace
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rack, single-foot
go at a rack
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gallop
go at galloping speed
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walk with slow or fast paces“He paced up and down the hall”
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walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
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walk
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a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
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synonyms:
yard
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linear measure, linear unit
a unit of measurement of length
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linear measure, linear unit
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measure (distances) by pacing
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