pace
1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running) (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
gait
• Hypernyms:
rate
• Hyponyms:
quick time, double time
2. the distance covered by a step (Freq. 6)
- he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
• Syn:
footstep, step, stride
• Derivationally related forms:
stride (for: stride), step (for: step)
• Hypernyms:
indefinite quantity
3. the relative speed of progress or change (Freq. 4)
- he lived at a fast pace
- he works at a great rate
- the pace of events accelerated
• Syn:
rate
• Hypernyms:
temporal property
• Hyponyms:
speed, swiftness, fastness, beat, celerity,
quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, slowness, deliberation,
deliberateness, unhurriedness, sluggishness
4. a step in walking or running (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
stride, tread
• Derivationally related forms:
tread (for: tread), stride (for: stride)
• Hypernyms:
step
• Part Holonyms:
walk, walking
5. the rate of some repeating event
• Syn:
tempo
• Hypernyms:
rate
• Hyponyms:
beats per minute, bpm, metronome marking, M.M.
6. a unit of length equal to 3 feet;
defined as 91.44 centimeters;
originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• Syn:
yard
• Hypernyms:
linear unit, linear measure
• Part Holonyms:
fathom, fthm, chain, perch, rod,
pole, lea
• Part Meronyms:
foot, ft
1. walk with slow or fast paces (Freq. 10)
- He paced up and down the hall
• Derivationally related forms:
pacing
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- They pace up the hill
2. go at a pace (Freq. 6)
- The horse paced
• Derivationally related forms:
pacer
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
canter, walk, single-foot, rack, gallop
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. measure (distances) by pacing (Freq. 2)
- step off ten yards
• Syn:
step
• Derivationally related forms:
step (for: step)
• Hypernyms:
quantify, measure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. regulate or set the pace of
- Pace your efforts
• Derivationally related forms:
pacer
• Hypernyms:
determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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