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English noun: pace | |||
| 1. | pace (time) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | ||
| Synonyms | gait | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | double time, quick time | ||
| 2. | pace (quantity) the distance covered by a step | ||
| Samples | He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig. | ||
| Synonyms | footstep, step, stride | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| 3. | pace (attribute) the relative speed of progress or change | ||
| Samples | He lived at a fast pace. He works at a great rate. The pace of events accelerated. | ||
| Synonyms | rate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | temporal property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat, celerity, deliberateness, deliberation, fastness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, slowness, sluggishness, speed, speediness, swiftness, unhurriedness | ||
| 4. | pace (act) a step in walking or running | ||
| Synonyms | stride, tread | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | step | ||
| Part meronym | walk, walking | ||
| 5. | pace (time) the rate of some repeating event | ||
| Synonyms | tempo | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beats per minute, bpm, M.M., metronome marking | ||
| 6. | pace (quantity) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride | ||
| Synonyms | yard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit | ||
| Part holonym | foot, ft | ||
| Part meronym | chain, fathom, fthm, lea, perch, pole, rod | ||
English verb: pace | |||
| 1. | pace (motion) walk with slow or fast paces | ||
| Samples | He paced up and down the hall. | ||
| Examples | They pace up the hill | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 2. | pace (motion) go at a pace | ||
| Samples | The horse paced. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canter, gallop, rack, single-foot, walk | ||
| 3. | pace (change) measure (distances) by pacing | ||
| Samples | Step off ten yards. | ||
| Synonyms | step | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | measure, quantify | ||
| 4. | pace (cognition) regulate or set the pace of | ||
| Samples | Pace your efforts. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | ||
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