PACE


Meaning of PACE in English

I. pace ˈpās noun

Etymology: Middle English pas, from Anglo-French, stride, step, from Latin passus, from pandere to spread — more at fathom

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : rate of movement ; especially : an established rate of locomotion

b. : rate of progress ; specifically : parallel rate of growth or development

supplies kept pace with demand

c. : an example to be emulated ; specifically : first place in a competition

three strokes off the pace — Time

d.

(1) : rate of performance or delivery : tempo

a steady pace

on pace to set a record

especially : speed

serves with great pace

a pace bowler in cricket

(2) : rhythmic animation : fluency

writes with color, with zest, and with pace — Amy Loveman

2. : a manner of walking : tread

3.

a. : step 2a(1)

b. : any of various units of distance based on the length of a human step

4.

a. plural : an exhibition or test of skills or capacities

the trainer put the tiger through its pace s

b. : gait ; especially : a fast 2-beat gait (as of the horse) in which the legs move in lateral pairs and support the animal alternately on the right and left legs

II. pace verb

( paced ; pac·ing )

Date: 1513

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to walk with often slow or measured tread

b. : to move along : proceed

2. : to go at a pace — used especially of a horse

transitive verb

1.

a. : to measure by pacing — often used with off

paced off a 10-yard penalty

b. : to cover at a walk

could hear him pacing the floor

2. : to cover (a course) by pacing — used of a horse

3.

a. : to set or regulate the pace of

taught them how to pace their solos for…impact — Richard Goldstein

also : to establish a moderate or steady pace for (oneself)

b.

(1) : to go before : precede

(2) : to set an example for : lead

c. : to keep pace with

III. pa·ce ˈpā-(ˌ)sē; ˈpä-(ˌ)chā, -(ˌ)kā preposition

Etymology: Latin, ablative of pac-, pax peace, permission — more at pact

Date: 1863

: contrary to the opinion of — usually used as an expression of deference to someone's contrary opinion; usually italic

easiness is a virtue in grammar, pace old-fashioned grammarians — Philip Howard

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.