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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