Dictionary entry details
• PACE (noun)
Meaning:
The rate of moving (especially walking or running)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
gait; pace
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pace"):
quick time (a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute)
double time (a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog)
beats per minute; bpm; M.M.; metronome marking (the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds)
Meaning:
The distance covered by a step
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
stride; step; pace; footstep
Context example:
he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)
Meaning:
The relative speed of progress or change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
pace; rate
Context examples:
he lived at a fast pace / he works at a great rate / the pace of events accelerated
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
temporal property (a property relating to time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pace"):
fastness; speed; swiftness (a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)
beat (a regular rate of repetition)
celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)
deliberateness; deliberation; slowness; unhurriedness (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
sluggishness (the pace of things that move relatively slowly)
Meaning:
A step in walking or running
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
stride; tread; pace
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)
Holonyms ("pace" is a part of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
Meaning:
The rate of some repeating event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
tempo; pace
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Meaning:
A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
yard; pace
Hypernyms ("pace" is a kind of...):
linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "pace"):
foot; ft (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard)
Holonyms ("pace" is a part of...):
fathom; fthm (a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth)
lea (a unit of length of thread or yarn)
chain (a unit of length)
perch; pole; rod (a linear measure of 16.5 feet)
• PACE (verb)
Meaning:
Walk with slow or fast paces
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He paced up and down the hall
Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They pace up the hill
Meaning:
Go at a pace
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The horse paced
Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pace"):
canter (go at a canter, of horses)
walk (walk at a pace)
rack; single-foot (go at a rack)
gallop (go at galloping speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Measure (distances) by pacing
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
pace; step
Context example:
step off ten yards
Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):
measure; quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Regulate or set the pace of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Pace your efforts
Hypernyms (to "pace" is one way to...):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
