PACE


Meaning of PACE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a steady pace/rate

He moved at a slow and steady pace through the maze of corridors.

at a rapid rate/pace

Deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate as a result of agricultural development.

at a sedate pace

We continued our walk at a sedate pace .

at a smart pace (= fairly fast )

She set off at a smart pace .

brisk pace

They set off at a brisk pace .

force the pace

We need to force the pace on alternative energy policies.

frantic pace/rush/haste etc

There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.

furious pace

Neil set off at a furious pace .

keep pace with inflation (= be at the same level as inflation )

Salaries have not kept pace with inflation.

quickened...pace (= began to walk faster )

Ray glanced at his watch and quickened his pace .

set the pace (= move or change quickly, so that others try to do the same )

With regard to industrialization, Britain set the pace in the first half of the nineteenth century.

slacken your pace/speed (= go or walk more slowly )

Guy slackened his pace as he approached the gate.

the pace/rate of change

People sometimes feel alarmed by the pace of technological change.

walking pace (= the speed that you normally walk at )

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

breakneck

Cirrus, known mostly for multimedia chips, had been growing at a breakneck pace until last year.

brisk

Smith has a second claim with his knack of producing wicket-taking spells at a brisk pace .

Some, of course, want to move at too brisk a pace for safety.

He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo.

We were determined to go through the speakers listed at a calm but brisk pace , then leave.

None the less, research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options.

With knapsack in hand, a brisk pace is assumed.

It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west.

fast

Terry Hands's direction whips all this along at a fast pace .

That in itself was a risk and imposed a fast pace on the designers and builders.

Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.

Technological developments have been at a fast pace since the 1950s.

The overweight people in this experiment, however, kept eating at the same fast pace throughout the meal.

Unemployment has reached post-war records, and government schemes for the unemployed have replaced each other at a very fast pace .

The intensity of instruction is a combination of fast pace and close focus.

The traffic moves at a fast pace and averaging a speed of over one hundred kilometres an hour is not difficult.

faster

Her words were written down by recorders, whom she sometimes exhorted to write faster to keep pace with her.

Events were moving at a faster pace than ever before, thanks to improved transportation and communication.

They toured with another Leeds' band, Age Of Chance, who were breaking at a faster pace than themselves.

To that end, Wilkens says he might try a full-court press in the interest of forcing a faster pace .

This proceeded at a faster pace in services than in industry.

This means that man-made substances are not produced at a faster pace than they can be broken down by nature.

The South has also been adding jobs at a much faster pace , especially in the cities.

John nodded and revolved his right hand, indicating a faster pace .

frantic

It posed a problem for Charman because he could not sustain the song's frantic pace .

Change continues at a frantic pace , and many voters are waiting till the last minute to make decisions.

The fourth-round replay began at a frantic pace and burst into life after 12 minutes.

That threat set the frantic pace at Los Alamos.

The path continues to the Strid - a spectacular chasm where the Wharfe reaches a frantic pace .

furious

The facts are that within a decade of the Vienna Congress, nationalism was gathering furious pace .

Both major parties raised soft money at a furious pace in 1995 and 1996, each gathering more than $ 100 million.

The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work.

Small banks are also merging at a furious pace , a trend expected to continue in 1996.

leisurely

Lennon followed at a more leisurely pace , his weapon concealed once more.

The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.

They moved upon a level trajectory and travelled at what appeared to be an even and leisurely pace .

Maybe it has something to do with the leisurely pace of the sport.

Again, beautifully rounded characters which established themselves at a leisurely pace are the secret of its appeal.

La Plante lets her mystery unfold at a leisurely but absorbing pace .

Since you are not connecting up at this stage, the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace .

The President lived at a somewhat more leisurely pace , as was the intended result of the frenetic activity of his aides.

rapid

Gripping the sides of the sidecar, he urged Yanto to increase the already rapid pace .

C.-Only eight games into the season and the Raiders are on a rapid pace to being written off.

The very rapid pace of change in the computer market does mean that second-hand computers can be excellent value.

slow

There is little doubt that their handwriting skills develop at a slower pace than their linguistic skills.

What you do not do is rush it by warming it up; just let it grow at its own slow pace .

Life seventy years ago was at a slower pace and people were able to cope more easily with upset routines.

This means that spending continues to rise, but at a slower pace than had been previously planned.

Byrne was walking beside him at the slow pace required by their orders.

As long as you go at a slow , steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser.

Bloomfield Hills, Canton and Carleton have grown at the slowest pace .

steady

As long as you go at a slow, steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser.

Louis: Regional economy is growing at a slow-but-#steady pace .

They had been trying to maintain a steady pace , between hopping and running, and it had come hard.

Huntsville continues to build its high-tech infrastructure and should add jobs in that sector at a steady pace .

It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom.

You go to work and toil at a hard, steady pace all day, accomplishing as much as you can?

The rhythm of the cart, moving once more at a steady pace , rocked the kaleidoscope of memory.

Recent surveys show that charity donations maintain a steady pace and that some giving to some charities by some people is increasing.

walking

Riders are sometimes slowed to a walking pace and punch the supporters who try to embrace them.

Walking pace often seems to give us the pulse of a movement; and walking pace and heartbeat are often linked.

You advance at walking pace behind the barrage.

Even with the wind of generosity at their back, why did they travel at a man's walking pace ?

The target was man-shaped, man-sized, and was moved electronically across the sandbagged wall at a brisk walking pace .

■ NOUN

bowler

The pace bowlers capitalised during the abbreviated first day, even if the close catchers didn't.

Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them.

Bob Woolmer, the county's director of coaching, claims the pace bowler was used unnecessarily in the World Cup.

Kent had expressed interest in the pace bowler .

■ VERB

change

Not all subjects are changing at the same pace although the national curriculum will in time no doubt reach some kind of consistency.

They did it with defensive pressure that changed the pace of the game in their favor in the second half.

Didn't change their pace one iota.

He was able to go directly to the railroad supervisor and convince him to change the pace of slab deliveries.

In the world of corporate real estate, things changed at a bewildering pace .

Postures change , pace slows, bustle becomes murmur.

continue

The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted.

The downsizing of big firms with high wages and good fringe benefits continues at an unrelenting pace .

In recent months that rate continued , keeping pace with the stepped-up U.S. flights.

Change continues at a frantic pace , and many voters are waiting till the last minute to make decisions.

Development of new ranges has also continued at a considerable pace .

She wondered how long she would be able to continue at her present pace .

fail

Interest rates paid on checking and passbook savings accounts failed to keep pace with inflation.

Many loan programs have failed to keep pace with skyrocketing tuition, said Dare.

Student loans continue to balloon as federal grants and aid have failed to keep pace with college costs.

force

There will be no attempt to force the pace at the Luxembourg summit next month.

To that end, Wilkens says he might try a full-court press in the interest of forcing a faster pace .

He climbed the steep slope to the Incident Room, forcing his pace , and arrived just a little out of breath.

To force the pace now was irresponsible, and could lead to a power vacuum.

Why loot and burn when you can participate, force the pace of change?

There was an alternative view, however, that forcing the pace was necessary if real change was to be effected.

But she was not to force the pace in any way.

Boxer was forced to reduce pace at this point by the congestion of traffic in and out of the Barracks.

gather

The facts are that within a decade of the Vienna Congress, nationalism was gathering furious pace .

The novel gathers the pace of a thriller as the resourceful Birdie becomes a runaway searching for her scattered family.

This enables the design phase to gather pace before the hardware is ready for implementation.

Air Quality work has gathered pace , after the disastrous loss of our mobile unit at the beginning of the year.

He had started only one of the previous eight games and talk of a summer move was gathering pace .

Britain's conservative approach to damages began to break down in the 1980s and the revolution has lately gathered pace .

It stood in contrast to the totalitarianism gathering pace under Lenin and Trotsky which accelerated out of control under Stalin.

Labour protest in the cities might pose no immediate security risk but it had gathered pace ominously throughout the 1870s.

grow

Voice over Bamboo grows at an amazing pace .

Bloomfield Hills, Canton and Carleton have grown at the slowest pace .

We discover that prayer grows as it keeps pace with the moral and emotional changes within us.

Cirrus, known mostly for multimedia chips, had been growing at a breakneck pace until last year.

The economy was growing at an unsustainable pace , and the trade deficit was exploding.

The numbers grew and the pace of activity became a thick and steady march.

Membership grew at an astonishing pace , reaching close to 30,000 in the late 1970s.

But the on-line service is still growing at a breathtaking pace .

increase

Parallel action cutting is a good way to increase the pace and interest of your movies.

I imagined Ly Keang would relent, as she looked over her shoulder; but instead she increased her pace .

Gripping the sides of the sidecar, he urged Yanto to increase the already rapid pace .

My new neighbor has passersby; they increase their pace when he barks at them.

Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily, gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov's grim face.

To begin with, gradually increasing your pace until you are walking comfortably in your training zone.

He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six.

She didn't increase her pace - it would only alert her pursuer.

maintain

Bristol plans to issue revisions to maintain pace with the changes made in Windows and Unix.

Ashton took over the directorship and maintained the pace .

They had been trying to maintain a steady pace , between hopping and running, and it had come hard.

He had six rushes Sunday, maintaining a pace way below last year.

Recent surveys show that charity donations maintain a steady pace and that some giving to some charities by some people is increasing.

move

It might be short on intrigue and backstabbing but it would move at a cracking pace .

Events were moving at a faster pace than ever before, thanks to improved transportation and communication.

FitzAlan moved a pace to meet them, his free hand unfastening his cloak.

It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom.

Hughes kept moving at a deliberate pace , turning right and left to give his benediction.

He punched one of them in the hindquarters; it moved a pace and grazed on.

You move at your own pace .

pick

Next time, stay calm and pick up the pace when you can.

Then he picked up his pace .

On the long walk down the hall Glover picked a crawling pace calculated to paralyze an opponent this young.

proceed

Wide roads lead to a new bridge crossing the water and traffic can proceed at a fast pace without a halt.

Arkin offers tips that a beginner can use, proceeds at a slow pace and focuses on correct breathing and placement.

Indeed, the entire rescue operation seems to have proceeded at a glacial pace .

Every child enters at a set age and is expected to proceed at the same pace .

Were it running more slowly, all geologic activity would have proceeded at a slower pace .

put

Joshua found a seat and watched Hyacinth Scragg being put through her paces .

Every hour on the hour a different doctor would walk into the room and put me through my paces .

Prospective buyers could see the horses put through their paces down a street that still bears the name Horsefair.

She worked with several hawks and falcons, putting each through its paces according to its maturity and natural ability.

quicken

He quickened his pace to try and intercept her but the crowds on the pavement and the traffic on the street intervened.

This meant that he was constantly in danger of quickening his pace and crashing into Stillman from behind.

I chirruped to the horse, and he quickened his pace .

The back-to-back executions would quicken the pace of capital punishment in Maryland.

As the old man shuffled off into the drizzle Henry quickened his pace .

Then teammate Joel Zide of Northridge quickened the pace to reach the five-fish plateau first.

I quickened my pace and by the time I reached the top of Paton's Lane I was running.

When they pass out of the gate and into the concourse the man quickens his pace and the distance between them increases.

set

Or is it your children who are setting the ecological pace ?

He or she controls the room and sets the pace .

Zeta's Lad set the pace .

Thus, the infant is setting the pace .

This should result in fundholders setting the pace and others benefiting.

He blamed me for setting too fast a pace .

Crossing the Judith Mountains, Poker Joe set a hard pace , and the elderly and wounded silently drifted behind their people.

Your rhythm should set the pace of the fight.

slacken

Rose, exhausted with running, slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air.

I tried to slacken pace but the slowest I went seemed to be faster than I had ever run before.

I was warned again and again by friendly police officers of some rank to slacken the pace: and I refused.

stand

If you hot foot it whatever the weather, there's only one watch that can stand the pace .

Petey stood at fifty paces and pushed a leaf with his foot.

Those who could stand the pace flourished; those who could not went to the wall.

I remember one lad, Nobby Clark, who could not stand the pace .

The real man stood back a pace and watched.

When she reaches him, the security guard stands back a pace , and her people hold back.

I can stand the pace all right.

And if you have what it takes and can stand the pace , a jolly good salary.

step

He stepped back a pace , smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him, looking slightly surprised.

Through the information technologies they have spawned, computers step up the pace of the ticking.

She stepped back a pace and watched as he looked across at the Fiesta then at the house once more.

But by mid-1993, Ed Dillard knew he had to step up the pace if he was to make a living.

So why not step back a pace , and discuss values?

She stepped back a pace in the floury dust.

Sharpe stepped a pace forward to look down at the map.

Elliott stepped forward a pace , then stopped.

walk

He walked , his pace swift, down the twisting path, then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins.

I trotted for half a block or so, then switched back to my brisk walking pace .

It will soon learn to walk at the right pace .

He walked at his regular pace toward the Astor House.

Jotan walked perhaps thirty paces , and then he halted.

After Alexei had walked about fifty paces , he stopped and turned.

Slow up and walk my pace .

Most sports contain the vital ingredient of moving your legs forward at a quicker-than-#walking pace .

work

The child then has to work out how many paces to each side and where to turn through 90o.

But she works at her own pace , with no boss to make tea for.

Your legs keep working , your pace is unvarying.

The slaves were driven to work at such a pace that their entire population had to be replaced about every 20 years.

You can work at your own pace and choose from a wide range of flowers from around the world.

Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.

Yet the structure of the civil court and the way they work has not kept pace with these changes.

We worked at an unheard-of pace .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

at (a) breathless pace/speed

Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.

Though she has had little education, her vocabulary is excellent: she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed.

at a snail's pace

at a spanking pace/rate

In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.

at breakneck speed/pace

As most travelers know, you can only travel at breakneck speed for so long.

Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality, then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes.

If they had been alone ... She shook her head in disbelief; everything was suddenly moving at breakneck speed.

Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace.

Some guides are indeed very brief, suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen.

the pace hots up

Remember this when the pace hots up!

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

About 20 paces from the house is an old oak tree.

Eddie walked a few paces behind his mother, his head hung low.

He took a couple of paces forward, then stopped.

I'd gone about ten paces, when I heard a strange sound behind me.

I'm enjoying the relaxed pace of life of Jamaica.

Paul stepped three paces into the room and dropped his bag.

The pace of political change has been rapid.

The Kumon method involves students learning at their own pace .

The soldiers were marching at a steady pace .

We climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to enjoy the view.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And it built them at a pace that would have left the most ambitious pharaoh dazzled-something like six hundred in sixty years.

Finally I got the ax to stick from ten paces.

He fell from power in 1987, resigning from the Politburo over the slow pace of reform.

Since November, the pace of borrowing likely slowed as department and chain stores reported dismal holiday sales.

The numbers grew and the pace of activity became a thick and steady march.

There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace .

These are the experiences of monotony, fragmentation and excessive pace in work and social interaction patterns.

They stood close to the door, the boy a pace behind the official.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

about

He was tall and elegant, with a good head of hair, and was much given to pacing about .

I wonder if there is a smoking-room here, where I could pace about while I enjoy a 97 pipe.

He paced about with arms folded.

Unidentified creatures paced about near their camp, and green eyes looked out on them from the bushes.

around

The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics.

He stood up from his chair, paced around , shut the window.

His fur leggings became saturated as he paced around the edge.

Emily paced around the book-lined study and blamed her father for his hostile attitude to Craig.

I enjoyed this comparative freedom and spent a lot of time pacing around the cell.

He paced around constantly drying his hands on a handkerchief, sat, then stood and paced some more.

I paced around smoking while I decided what to do.

back

Joseph found he couldn't sit still and he rose to pace back and forth at a distance from the others.

Once again, I took to pacing back and forth.

He paced back and forth on the tarmac, occasionally stopping to talk to his men.

I began to pace back and forth, silently, so that Meir Ahronson would not hear.

He paced back and forth, muttering things I could barely make out.

He was pacing back and forth; his agitation was mounting.

up

After they'd gone Sukey paced up and down sipping Evian water.

She might be pacing up and down, chewing her fingernails.

He began pacing up and down the room.

A tiger in a zoo paces up and down the cage and can worry like crazy about a ball of string.

As he paced up and down the narrow kitchen, shouting curses through the bedroom door, Constance smiled.

He paced up and down the sidelines, too.

He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship.

My father was on the phone, pacing up and down in front of the aquarium.

■ NOUN

floor

She paced the floor , waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.

He had spent a ruinous and totally sleepless night, pacing the floors but being able to find no solace.

Then I began to pace the floor and think about this thing.

He was pacing the floor when Dannie Bulman spun a deep cross into the Leicester penalty area.

As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor .

Suddenly unable to sit still, she stood up and began pacing the floor until she ended up sitting by the phone.

He gets up, sits down, paces the floor .

room

He might wake to watch her pacing the room in the dark, hour after hour.

For more than an hour, Jess paces the small room , yelling and crying.

She paced her room , back and forth, back and forth.

Augusta rose and paced the room , stopped and put the heels of both palms against her temples.

The Reichsminister rose from his chair and began to pace the small room , trailing one foot behind him.

She paced around the room , one hand on her hip and the other at her chin.

Back at the villa, after she'd showered and changed, Ronni spent the next hour pacing her room .

I was pacing in the next room , talking to the Lord.

■ VERB

begin

He began pacing up and down the room.

Then I began to pace the floor and think about this thing.

He began to pace slowly around the clearing.

As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.

Suddenly unable to sit still, she stood up and began pacing the floor until she ended up sitting by the phone.

I began to pace back and forth, silently, so that Meir Ahronson would not hear.

The Reichsminister rose from his chair and began to pace the small room, trailing one foot behind him.

He let go of her arms and began pacing the area.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

at (a) breathless pace/speed

Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.

Though she has had little education, her vocabulary is excellent: she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed.

at a snail's pace

at a spanking pace/rate

In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.

at breakneck speed/pace

As most travelers know, you can only travel at breakneck speed for so long.

Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality, then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes.

If they had been alone ... She shook her head in disbelief; everything was suddenly moving at breakneck speed.

Neither do I. Tradition is being manufactured at breakneck pace.

Some guides are indeed very brief, suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"We're going to be late,'' Jordan said irritably, pacing up and down the room.

A lion paced up and down the cage, growling.

He paced off the distance just to make sure.

I need someone to pace me or I fall too far behind.

Kernan paced the Monarchs with 17 points and 15 rebounds.

Meryl was also awake, pacing the floor in her dressing-gown.

Sarah paced back and forth along the corridor, waiting for the doctor to come back.

Stewart was pacing the floor while watching the game on TV.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Augusta resumed her pacing, throwing her hands outward in little distracted gestures.

Emmanuel Adigun and Haywood Vital paced the second-half surge for the Wildcats with 14 and 11 points, respectively.

He began pacing up and down the room.

I was pacing in the next room, talking to the Lord.

I went back to the tree, and I found Barbra pacing.

She paced the floor, waiting until she judged the rooms would be full of people.

The Doctor paced around the excavation measuring the depth and imprint of the relics.

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