NOUN | time | pace, gait | the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
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quantity | pace, footstep, step, stride | the distance covered by a step | |
attribute | pace, rate | the relative speed of progress or change | |
act | pace, stride, tread | a step in walking or running | |
time | pace, tempo | the rate of some repeating event | |
quantity | pace, yard | a unit of length equal to 3 feet | |
VERB | motion | pace | walk with slow or fast paces |
motion | pace | go at a pace | |
change | pace, step | measure (distances) by pacing | |
cognition | pace | regulate or set the pace of |
Sounds | pey's | |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... |
Meaning | The rate of moving (especially walking or running). | |
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Synonym | gait | |
Narrower | double time | A fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog |
quick time | A normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute | |
Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
Spanish | andares, paso, ritmo | |
Catalan | pas, ritme | |
Verbs | pace | measure (distances) by pacing |
pace | walk with slow or fast paces | |
pace | go at a pace |
Meaning | The distance covered by a step. | |
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Example | "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" | |
Synonyms | footstep, step, stride | |
Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
Spanish | paso | |
Catalan | gambada, pas, passa | |
Verbs | pace | measure (distances) by pacing |
pace | walk with slow or fast paces | |
pace | go at a pace |
Meaning | The relative speed of progress or change. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | rate | |
Narrower | beat | A regular rate of repetition |
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness | A rate that is rapid | |
slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness | A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | |
sluggishness | The pace of things that move relatively slowly | |
speed, swiftness, fastness | A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | |
Broader | temporal property | A property relating to time |
Spanish | marcha, paso, ritmo, velocidad | |
Catalan | marxa, pas, ritme | |
Verbs | pace | regulate or set the pace of |
pace | walk with slow or fast paces |
Meaning | A step in walking or running. | |
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Synonyms | stride, tread | |
Part of | walk, walking | The act of traveling by foot |
Broader | step | The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down |
Spanish | paso, tranco, zancada | |
Catalan | gambada, pas, passada | |
Verbs | pace | measure (distances) by pacing |
pace | walk with slow or fast paces | |
pace | go at a pace |
Meaning | The rate of some repeating event. | |
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Synonym | tempo | |
Narrower | beats per minute, bpm, metronome marking, M.M. | The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds |
Broader | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
Spanish | ritmo, tempo | |
Catalan | ritme | |
Verbs | pace | regulate or set the pace of |
Meaning | A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally / originally taken to be the average length of a stride. | |
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Synonym | yard | |
Part of | chain | A unit of length |
fathom, fthm | A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth | |
lea | A unit of length of thread or yarn | |
perch, rod, pole | A linear measure of 16.5 feet | |
Parts | foot, ft | A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard |
Broader | linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
Spanish | yarda, yd | |
Catalan | iarda | |
Verbs | pace | measure (distances) by pacing |
Meaning | walk with slow or fast paces. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | They pace up the hill | |
Example | "He paced up and down the hall" | |
Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
Nouns | pace | a step in walking or running |
pace | the relative speed of progress or change | |
pace | the distance covered by a step | |
pace | the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | |
pacing | walking with slow regular strides |
Meaning | Go at a pace. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Example | "The horse paced" | |
Narrower | canter | Go at a canter, of horses |
gallop | Go at galloping speed | |
single-foot, rack | Go at a rack | |
walk | walk at a pace | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Nouns | pace | a step in walking or running |
pace | the distance covered by a step | |
pace | the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | |
pacer | a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together |
Meaning | Measure (distances) by pacing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | step | |
Broader | quantify, measure | Express as a number or measure or quantity |
Nouns | pace | a step in walking or running |
pace | a unit of length equal to 3 feet | |
pace | the distance covered by a step | |
pace | the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
Meaning | regulate or set the pace of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Pace your efforts" | |
Broader | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
Spanish | marcar el ritmo | |
Catalan | marcar el ritme | |
Nouns | pace | the relative speed of progress or change |
pace | the rate of some repeating event | |
pacer | a horse used to set the pace in racing |
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