Meaning of "ace" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACE

Via Old French from Latin as a unit, perhaps from a Greek variant of heis one.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACE

ace  [eɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACE

Ace is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ace in English.

WHAT DOES ACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ace

An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades. This embellishment on the Ace of Spades started when King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the Ace of Spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers. The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Roman coin. It originally meant the side of dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied to an unreachable tennis serve, a successful fighter pilot and more generally as a person proficient in their field, especially a sporting field.

Definition of ace in the English dictionary

The first definition of ace in the dictionary is any die, domino, or any of four playing cards with one spot. Other definition of ace is a single spot or pip on a playing card, die, etc. Ace is also a winning serve that the opponent fails to reach.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACE

PRESENT

Present

I ace

you ace

he/she/it aces

we ace

you ace

they ace

Present continuous

I am acing

you are acing

he/she/it is acing

we are acing

you are acing

they are acing

Present perfect

I have aced

you have aced

he/she/it has aced

we have aced

you have aced

they have aced

Present perfect continuous

I have been acing

you have been acing

he/she/it has been acing

we have been acing

you have been acing

they have been acing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I aced

you aced

he/she/it aced

we aced

you aced

they aced

Past continuous

I was acing

you were acing

he/she/it was acing

we were acing

you were acing

they were acing

Past perfect

I had aced

you had aced

he/she/it had aced

we had aced

you had aced

they had aced

Past perfect continuous

I had been acing

you had been acing

he/she/it had been acing

we had been acing

you had been acing

they had been acing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ace

you will ace

he/she/it will ace

we will ace

you will ace

they will ace

Future continuous

I will be acing

you will be acing

he/she/it will be acing

we will be acing

you will be acing

they will be acing

Future perfect

I will have aced

you will have aced

he/she/it will have aced

we will have aced

you will have aced

they will have aced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been acing

you will have been acing

he/she/it will have been acing

we will have been acing

you will have been acing

they will have been acing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ace

you would ace

he/she/it would ace

we would ace

you would ace

they would ace

Conditional continuous

I would be acing

you would be acing

he/she/it would be acing

we would be acing

you would be acing

they would be acing

Conditional perfect

I would have ace

you would have ace

he/she/it would have ace

we would have ace

you would have ace

they would have ace

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been acing

you would have been acing

he/she/it would have been acing

we would have been acing

you would have been acing

they would have been acing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ace
we let´s ace
you ace

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ace

Past participle

aced

Present Participle

acing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ACE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ace» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ace

admirable · authority · awesome · barrie · beaut · belting · bitchin´ · boffin · booshit · brill · brilliant · buff · champion · connoisseur · cracking · dab hand · dope · excellent · exo · expert · fantastic · fine · first-rate · genius · good · great · guru · hotshot · ka pai · marvellous · master · masterly · maven · mean · mega · one · outstanding · past master · pearler · phat · pro · professional · rad · schmick · sik · specialist · star · superb · terrific · tremendous · virtuoso · whizz · winner · wizard · wonderful

TRANSLATION OF ACE

Find out the translation of ace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ace» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 艾司
• Translator English - Spanish: as
• English: ace
• Translator English - Hindi: ऐस
• Translator English - Arabic: وَاحِد
• Translator English - Russian: туз
• Translator English - Portuguese: ás
• Translator English - Bengali: টেক্কা
• Translator English - French: as
• Translator English - Malay: Ace
• Translator English - German: Ass
• Translator English - Japanese: エース
• Translator English - Korean: 에이스
• Translator English - Javanese: Ace
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quân át
• Translator English - Tamil: சீட்டு
• Translator English - Marathi: निपुण
• Translator English - Turkish: as
• Translator English - Italian: asso
• Translator English - Polish: as
• Translator English - Ukrainian: туз
• Translator English - Romanian: as
• Translator English - Greek: άσος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kampioen
• Translator English - Swedish: ess
• Translator English - Norwegian: ess

10 QUOTES WITH «ACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ace.

1

Wes Anderson

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

2

John Mason Brown

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

3

Jennifer Egan

I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am.

4

Eugene Field

He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.

5

Louise Gluck

Toward his critics, the artist harbors a defensive ace: knowledge that the future will erase the present.

6

Gary Kemp

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.

7

Karen O

I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!

8

Susan Orlean

My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar.

9

Christine Pelosi

Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.

10

Eddie Rickenbacker

The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACE»

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Ace The Technical Pilot Interview 2/E

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Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: The Big Swat: The Big Swat

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The ACE of Soft Skills: Attitude, Communication and ...

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No Regrets

In the end, he comes to terms with his highly publicized descent into alcohol, drugs, and self-destruction—ultimately managing to conquer his demons and come out on top. This is Ace Frehley. No makeup. No apologies. No regrets.

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Ace the GRE Writing Assessment

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How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide

Written by three gifted teachers, this book provides brief and highly readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print found in a formal text.

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An Ace Up My Sleeve

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACE»

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