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pace ¹  (ps)

n.

1. A step made in walking; a stride.

2. A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).

3. The distance spanned by a step or stride, especially:

a. The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.

b. Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.

c. Five Roman feet or 58.1 English inches, measured from the point at which the heel of one foot is raised to the point at which it is set down again after an intervening step by the other foot.

4.

a. The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.

b. The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.

5. A manner of walking or running: a jaunty pace.

6. A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.

v. paced, pac·ing, pac·es

v.tr.

1. To walk or stride back and forth across: paced the floor nervously.

2. To measure by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.

3. To set or regulate the rate of speed for.

4. To advance or develop (something) at a particular rate or tempo: a thriller that was paced at a breathtaking speed.

5. To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.

v.intr.

1. To walk with long deliberate steps.

2. To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.

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[Middle English, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, from past participle of pandere, to stretch, spread out; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

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pa·ce ²  (päch, -k, ps)

prep.

With the permission of; with deference to. Used to express polite or ironically polite disagreement: I have not, pace my detractors, entered into any secret negotiations.

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[Latin pce, ablative of px, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

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pace adv.

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pace ¹

Noun

1.

a. a single step in walking

b. the length of a step

2. speed of walking or running

3. speed of doing some other activity: efforts to accelerate the pace of change are unlikely to succeed

4. manner of walking

5. keep pace with to advance at the same speed as

6. put someone through his or her paces to test someone's ability

7. set the pace to determine the speed at which a group advances

Verb

[pacing, paced]

1. to walk with regular steps, often in anxiety or impatience: he paced up and down the foyer impatiently

2. to set the speed for (the competitors) in a race

3. pace out to measure by paces [Latin passus step]

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pace ²

prep

with due respect to: used to express polite disagreement [Latin, from pax peace]

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Pace a company or herd of asses—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

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For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pace - the rate of moving (especially walking or running) gait quick time - a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute double time - a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
	2.	pace - the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" step, stride, footstep indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	3.	pace - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" rate temporal property - a property relating to time fastness, swiftness, speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" beat - a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat" celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid deliberateness, unhurriedness, slowness, deliberation - a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry sluggishness - the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
	4.	pace - a step in walking or running         stride, tread walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise" step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps"
	5.	pace - the rate of some repeating event tempo beats per minute, bpm, M.M., metronome marking - the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
	6.	pace - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride yard linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length ft, foot - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall" perch, rod, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feet chain - a unit of length lea - a unit of length of thread or yarn fathom, fthm - a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
Verb	1.	pace - walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	pace - go at a pace; "The horse paced"       go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" canter - go at a canter, of horses walk - walk at a pace; "The horses walked across the meadow" rack, single-foot - go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" gallop - go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
	3.	pace - measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" step measure, quantify - express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"
	4.	pace - regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts" shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

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pace

noun 1. speed, rate, momentum, tempo, progress, motion, clip (informal) lick (informal) velocity

noun 2. step, walk, stride, tread, gait

noun 3. footstep, step, stride

verb 4. stride, walk, pound, patrol, walk up and down, march up and down, walk back and forth

Translations

pace [peɪs] n → paso (= rhythm); ritmo

vi to pace up and down → pasearse de un lado a otro;

to keep pace with → llevar el mismo paso que [+ events]; mantenerse a la altura de or al corriente de;

to set the pace (running) → marcar el paso;

(fig) → marcar la pauta;

to put sb through his paces (fig) → poner a algn a prueba

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pace [peɪs] n → pas m (= speed); allure f; vitesse f

vi to pace up and down → faire les cent pas;

to keep pace with → aller à la même vitesse que [+ events]; se tenir au courant de;

to set the pace (running) → donner l'allure (fig); donner le ton;

to put sb through his paces (fig) → mettre qn à l'épreuve

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pace [peɪs] n (= step) → Schritt m (= speed); Tempo nt

vi to pace up and down → auf und ab gehen;

to keep pace with → Schritt halten mit;

to set the pace → das Tempo angeben;

to put sb through his/her paces (fig) → jdn auf Herz und Nieren prüfen

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pace [peɪs] n → passo (= speed); passo; velocità

vi to pace up and down → camminare su e giù;

to keep pace with → camminare di pari passo a [+ events]; tenersi al corrente di;

to put sb through his paces (fig) → mettere qn alla prova;

to set the pace (running) → fare l'andatura;

(fig) → dare il la or il tono

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pace

n pace [peis]

1 a step He took a pace forward. tree خُطْوَه крачка krok skridt der Schritt βήμα paso samm گام askel pas צַעַד कदम korak lépés langkah skref passo １歩 한 걸음 žingsnis solis langkah stap skritt, steg krok passo pas шаг krok korak korak steg ฝีเท้า adım 步 крок قدم bước chân 步

2 speed of movement a fast pace. pas سُرْعَه скорост rychlost hastighed die Gangart ταχύτητα, ρυθμός paso kiirus سرعت پیشرفت vauhti allure קֶצֶב गति tempo (menet)sebesség kecepatan gerakan (göngu)hraði andatura 歩調 운동의 속도 greitis, tempas gaita langkah tempo fart, tempo tempo passo viteză; mers скорость; темп rýchlosť tempo tempo hastighet, fart, tempo อัตราการเดิน hız, sürat 速度 темп, швидкість رفتار tốc độ đi 速度

v

to walk backwards and forwards (across) He paced up and down. heen en weer loop يَخْطو вървя напред назад přecházet gå frem og tilbage schreiten βηματίζω ir de un lado a otro kõnnisklema قدم زدن astella edestakaisin faire les cent pas לִפסוֹעַ आगे-पीछे टहलना koračati gore-dolje (amo-tamo) lépked mondar-mandir ganga fram og tilbaka camminare 歩く 왔다갔다 하다 žingsniuoti, vaikščioti soļot šurpu turpu berjalan mundar-mandir ijsberen gå fram og tilbake chodzić tam i z powrotem andar a păşi ходить взад и вперёд prechádzať hoditi gor in dol koračati gå av och an เดินกลับไปกลับมา adımlamak 踱步 крокувати; вимірювати кроками چلنا đi tới đi lui 踱步

n pacemaker

1 an electronic device to make the heart beats regular or stronger. pasmaker جِهاز تَنظيم دقّات القَلب пейсмейкър kardiostimulátor pacemaker der Herzschrittmacher βηματοδότης marcapasos südamestimulaator دستگاه تنظیم ضربان قلب tahdistin stimulateur cardiaque קוֹצב-לֵב पेसमेकर, हृदय को ठीक से संचालित करने वाला एक यंत्र regulator srca szívritmus-szabályozó pemacu jantung gangráður pacemaker ペースメーカー 맥박 조정기 širdies stimuliatorius sirds stimulators perentak jantung pacemaker pacemaker elektroniczny stymulator serca pacemaker pace­maker, stimulator cardiac электрокардиостимулятор kardiostimulátor srčni vzpodbujevalnik pejsmejker pacemaker อุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้าที่ช่วยให้อัตราการเต้นของหัวใจสม่ำเสมอ irkilteç, kalp atış düzenleyicisi 起搏器 електрокардіостимулятор دل کي دھڑکن کو جاري رکھنے کا ايک برقي آلہ máy điều hoà nhịp tim 起搏器

2 a person who sets the speed of a race. pasaangeër عَدّاء يُحَدِّد سُرْعَة الإنْطِلاق водач vodič pacer der Schrittmacher δρομέας που ρυθμίζει την ταχύτητα του αγώνα liebre jooksu vedaja پیشتاز vetäjä meneur/-euse de train מוֹבִיל आगे चलने वाला predvodnik,određivač brzine iramot diktáló versenyző pencatat kecepatan sá sem stjórnar hraða í hlaupi (chi fa l'andatura) 先導者 보조[] 조정자 sportininkas, duodantis tempą tempa noteicējs penentu kelajuan gangmaker pacer, hare zawodnik nadający tempo QUERY iepure лидер, задающий темп vodič predtekač osoba koja kontroliše brzinu trke farthållare, hare ผู้ที่นำอยู่ในการแข่งขัน hız saptayıcısı 定步速者 той, хто задає темп ايسا شخص جو دوڑ کے مقابلہ کي رفتار طے کرے người dẫn đầu cuộc đua 定步速者

keep pace with

to go as fast as He kept pace with the car on his motorbike. die pas aanhou يُجاري вървя в крак с držet krok holde trit med Schritt halten mit συμβαδίζω με llevar el mismo paso, ir al mismo ritmo sammu pidama هم سرعت حرکت کردن pysyä vauhdissa à la aller même allure que לַעֲמוֹד בַּקֶצֶב यथासंभव तेज चलना održavati tempo,ne zaostajati lépést tart vkivel mengimbangi kecepatan halda í við andare al passo con, tenere il passo di ～についていく ...와 보조를 맞추다, ...에 따라가다 neatsilikti nuo iet kopsolī; neatpalikt bersaing dgn bijhouden holde tritt med, holde tempoet dotrzymywać tempa acompanhar o ritmo de a ţine pasul cu поспевать за držať krok iti v korak s čim držati korak sa hålla jämna steg med เดินไปด้วยระดับความเร็วเท่ากัน ...-e ayak uydurmak 齊頭并進 іти в ногу з, не відставати від قدم بقدم چلنا theo kịp 齐头并进

pace out

to measure by walking along, across etc with even steps She paced out the room. met treë meet يَقيس بالخُطْوَه меря с крачки měřit svými kroky skridte af abschreiten μετρώ απόσταση με βήματα medir a pasos sammudega mõõtma با قدم اندازه گرفتن mitata askelin mesurer (une distance) au pas לִמדוֹד בִּצעָדִים कदम से नापना izmeriti koracima kilép mengukur skrefa út misurare a passi 歩測する 보측(步測)하다 (iš)matuoti žingsniais izmērīt soļiem mengukur sst dgn langkah afpassen skritte ut wymierzyć krokami medir a măsura cu pasul измерять шагами (od)merať krokmi izmeriti s koraki izmeriti koracima stega upp เดินหรือก้าววัดความยาวของ adımla ölçmek 步測 вимірювати кроками قدموں سے نانپنا đo bằng bước chân 步测

put someone etc through his etc paces

to make someone etc show what he etc can do He put his new car through its paces. يَمْتَحِن مُؤَهِّلات شَخْص vyzkoušet si få en til at vise, hvad han kan jemanden, etc. alle Gangarten machen lassen δοκιμάζω(για να δω τι αξίζει) a prueba poner a alguien (kellegi) võimeid kompima katsoa mihin jokin kykenee mettre qqn à l'épreuve kipróbál memamerkan kemampuan prófa e-n/e-ð (mettere alla prova) 力量を試す ...의 역량을 시험해 보다 išbandyti pārbaudīt (kāda) spējas uittesten se hva noen er god for pôr à prova a pune pe cineva la încercare проверять чьи-л. способности vyskúšať si preizkusiti yeteneklerini/kabiliyetlerini denemek/sınamak 顯示能做 显示能做

set the pace

to go forward at a particular speed which everyone else has to follow Her experiments set the pace for future research. gee die pas aan يُحَدِّد سُرْعَة давам темпо udávat krok bestemme farten Schrittmacher sein δίνω το ρυθμό marcar el paso; marcar la pauta tempot määrama پیشاهنگ شدن؛ آهنگ حرکت را تعیین کردن määrätä tahti régler l'allure לִקבּוֹעַ אֶת הַקֶצֶב गति निर्धारित करना dati (odrediti tempo) tempót diktál merintis jalan ráða hraða í keppni (fare da esempio) 模範を示す 선두로 달리다 duoti tempą noteikt tempu menentukan rentak het tempo aangeven bestemme farten nadawać tempo dar o exemplo a im­prima ritmul задавать темп/тон udávať krok diktirati tempo postaviti meru bestämma farten, ange tonen ก้าวไปข้างหน้าโดยที่ทกคนต้องตาม örnek/önayak olmak 定出步調 задавати темп رفتار متعين کرنا dẫn đầu 定出步调

show one's paces

to show what one can do They made the horse show its paces. wys wat hy kan doen يُري ماذا يستطيع أن يَفْعَل показвам какво мога ukázat, co dovede vise, hvad man kan alle Gangarten zeigen δείχνω τι αξίζω mostrar uno sus habilidades/talentos oma võimeid näitama توانایی خود را نشان دادن näyttää kykynsä donner sa mesure לְהַראוֹת אֶת הַיְכוֹלֶת योग्यता दिखाना pokazati svoje znanje megmutatja, mit tud memperlihatkan kemampuan sÿna hvað í manni/e-m bÿr (dimostrare le proprie capacità) 力量を示す 역량을 발휘하다 parodyti, ko yra vertas parādīt savas spējas/ko ir vērts menunjukkan kebolehan laten zien wat men kan vise hva en duger til pokazać na co kogoś/coś stać do que mostrar é capaz показать себя в деле ukázať, čo dokáže pokazati svoje zmožnosti pokazati svoje mogućnosti แสดงความสามารถ yeteneklerini/hünerlerini göstermek 顯示本領 показати, на що здатен صلاحيت کا مظاہرہ کرنا cho thấy khả năng 显示本领