Etymology : Middle English pas, from Old French, step, from Latin passus, from pandere to spread; more at FATHOM
Pronunciation : pAs
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. (preposition) With the permission of; with deference to. Used to express polite or ironically polite disagreement: "I have not, pace my detractors, entered into any secret negotiations.".
2. step, stride; tempo; rate; speed of progress. take regular steps; regulate the speed of; walk back and forth (especially while absorbed in anxious thought); measure an area by counting the number of even strides that must be taken to cross it. prep. with the permission of, with the indulgence of. pace\pace\ , n. [oe. pas, f. pas, from l. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to e. patent. cf. pas, pass.].
3. a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
4. the length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. "the heigh of sixty pace"note: ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). the regulation marching pace in the english and united states armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. the roman pace (passus) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five roman feet.
5. manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. to-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day. in the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught.
6. a slow gait; a footpace. [obs.] hucer.
7. specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
8. any single movement, step, or procedure. [r.] the first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with spain. w. temple.
9. (arch.) a broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
10. (weaving) a device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
11. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.
12. The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.
13. Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
14. A slow gait; a footpace.
15. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.
16. Any single movement, step, or procedure.
17. A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
18. A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.
19. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
20. To proceed; to pass on.
21. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.
22. To pass away; to die.
23. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
24. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.
25. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. a step in walking or running the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" the rate of moving measure by pacing; "step off ten yards" regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts" walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" go at a pace; "The horse paced".
26. 1. The pace of something is the speed at which it happens or is done. Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change. people who prefer to live at a slower pace Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace. = speed.
27. Your pace is the speed at which you walk. He moved at a brisk pace down the rue St Antoine.
28. A pace is the distance that you move when you take one step. He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again.
29. If you pace a small area, you keep walking up and down it, because you are anxious or impatient. As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously He found John pacing around the flat, unable to sleep She stared as he paced and yelled.
30. If you pace yourself when doing something, you do it at a steady rate. It was a tough race and I had to pace myself.
31. If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it. Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation. = keep up.
32. If you keep pace with someone who is walking or running, you succeed in going as fast as them, so that you remain close to them. With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders = keep up.
33. If you do something at your own pace, you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you. The computer will give students the opportunity to learn at their own pace.
34. If you put someone through their paces or make them go through their paces, you get them to show you how well they can do something. The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces.
35. at a snail's pace: see:
snail.
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