pace

      See also paçe

      English

      WOTD – 19 November 2012    

      Etymology 1

      From Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pace (plural paces)

      1. (obsolete) Passage, route.
        1. (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th-18th century]
        2. (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th-17th century]
          • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
            But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].
        3. (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th-19th century]
      2. Step.
        1. A step taken with the foot. [from 14th century]
        2. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.[1][from 14th century]
          Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
          I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
      3. Way of stepping.
        1. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
          • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:
            Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.
        2. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th century]
      4. Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th century]
      5. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th century]
      6. The collective noun for donkeys.
        • 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
          […] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.
        • 2006, "Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist, 9 November 2006:
          A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.
        • 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press (2007), ISBN 9781561643905, page 200:
          Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.
      Derived terms
      Translations
      step: step
      step: distance covered
      way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet
      way of stepping: gait of a horse
      speed
      cricket: measure of pitch hardness
      collective noun for donkeys
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      Adjective

      pace (not comparable)

      1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

      Verb

      pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)

      1. Walk to and fro in a small space.
      2. Set the speed in a race.
      3. Measure by walking.
      Derived terms
      Translations
      Walk to and fro
      Set a race’s speed
      Measure by walking

      Etymology 2

      From Latin pace, “in peace”, ablative form of pax, “peace”.

      Pronunciation

      • (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːtʃe/, /ˈpɑːke/, X-SAMPA: /"pA:tSe/, /"pA:ke/

      Preposition

      pace

      1. (formal) With all due respect to.
      Usage notes

      Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.

      Translations
      With due respect to

      Etymology 3

      Alteration of Pasch.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

      pace (plural paces)

      1. Easter.
      Derived terms

      References

      1. ^ How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance, ¶ № 6)

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      Galician

      Verb

      pace

      1. third-person singular present indicative of pacer
      2. second-person singular imperative of pacer
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      Interlingua

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ˈpa.tse/

      Noun

      pace (uncountable)

      1. peace
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      Italian

      Etymology

      From Latin pāx (“peace”), pacem.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      pace f (plural paci)

      1. peace

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      Latin

      Noun

      pāce

      1. ablative singular of pāx
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      Romanian

      Etymology

      From Latin pāx, pacem.

      Noun

      pace f

      1. peace

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      Spanish

      Verb

      pace (infinitive pacer)

      1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
      2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
      3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pacer.
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