pace
noun
[ peɪs ]
• a single step taken when walking or running.
• "Kirov stepped back a pace"
• speed in walking, running, or moving.
• "he's an aggressive player with plenty of pace"
Similar:
speed,
rate,
swiftness,
quickness,
rapidity,
velocity,
tempo,
momentum,
clip,
lick,
pace
verb
• walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance.
• "we paced up and down in exasperation"
Similar:
walk,
stride,
tread,
march,
pound,
patrol,
walk up and down,
walk back and forth,
cross,
traverse,
• move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed.
• "the action is paced to the beat of a perky march"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’.
pace
preposition
• with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction.
• "narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead"
Origin:
Latin, literally ‘in peace’, ablative of pax, as in pace tua ‘by your leave’.
PACE
abbreviation
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
