pace
noun
1 pace
The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
synonym: gait.
Dutch: gang
2 pace
The distance covered by a step:
— He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig.
synonyms: footstep, step, stride.
Roget 264:
motion,
movement,
move;
going
etc.
v.;
unrest.
stream,
flow,
flux,
run,
course,
stir;
evolution;
kinematics;
telekinesis.
step,
rate,
pace,
tread,
stride,
gait,
port,
footfall,
cadence,
carriage,
velocity,
angular velocity;
clip,
progress,
locomotion;
journey
etc.
266;
voyage
etc.
267;
transit
etc.
270.
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149;
mobility;
movableness,
motive power;
laws of motion;
mobilization.
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Dutch: tree
3 pace
The relative speed of progress or change:
— He lived at a fast pace.
— The pace of events accelerated.
synonym: rate.
Dutch: tarief
Polish: prędkość, szybkość
4 pace
A step in walking or running.
synonyms: stride, tread.
Dutch: pas, schrede, stap, trede, voetstap
5 pace
The rate of some repeating event.
synonym: tempo.
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.
synonym: yard.
Dutch: yard
Polish: yard, jard
verb
1 pace
Walk with slow or fast paces.
2 pace
3 pace
Measure (distances) by pacing.
synonym: step.
Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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4 pace
Regulate or set the pace of.
adverb
Roget 760:
by leave,
with leave,
on leave
etc.
n.;
speciali gratia [It];
under favor of;
pace;
ad libitum
etc.
(freely)
748,
(at will)
600;
by all means
etc.
(willingly)
602;
yes
etc.
(assent)
488.
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