Meaning of "pace" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PACE

Via Old French from Latin passūs step, from pandere to spread, unfold, extend (the legs as in walking).

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

PRONUNCIATION OF PACE

pace  [peɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACE

Pace is a verb and can also act as a noun.

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

See the conjugation of the verb pace in English.

WHAT DOES PACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pace

Pace may refer to: ▪ Pace, the speed at which movement occurs ▪ Pace, a unit of length ▪ PACE - Communication Plan ▪ "Peace" in Italian, sometimes written on a rainbow flag ▪ "With peace" in Latin, sometimes used in formal writing to indicate disagreement with a source ▪ Pace, a two-beat horse gait where each lateral pair of legs moves forward at the same time ▪ Paces, an archaic reference to horse gaits generally...

Definition of pace in the English dictionary

The first definition of pace in the dictionary is a single step in walking. Other definition of pace is the distance covered by a step. Pace is also speed of movement, esp of walking or running.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PACE

PRESENT

Present

I pace

you pace

he/she/it paces

we pace

you pace

they pace

Present continuous

I am pacing

you are pacing

he/she/it is pacing

we are pacing

you are pacing

they are pacing

Present perfect

I have paced

you have paced

he/she/it has paced

we have paced

you have paced

they have paced

Present perfect continuous

I have been pacing

you have been pacing

he/she/it has been pacing

we have been pacing

you have been pacing

they have been pacing

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 paced

you paced

he/she/it paced

we paced

you paced

they paced

Past continuous

I was pacing

you were pacing

he/she/it was pacing

we were pacing

you were pacing

they were pacing

Past perfect

I had paced

you had paced

he/she/it had paced

we had paced

you had paced

they had paced

Past perfect continuous

I had been pacing

you had been pacing

he/she/it had been pacing

we had been pacing

you had been pacing

they had been pacing

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

FUTURE

Future

I will pace

you will pace

he/she/it will pace

we will pace

you will pace

they will pace

Future continuous

I will be pacing

you will be pacing

he/she/it will be pacing

we will be pacing

you will be pacing

they will be pacing

Future perfect

I will have paced

you will have paced

he/she/it will have paced

we will have paced

you will have paced

they will have paced

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pacing

you will have been pacing

he/she/it will have been pacing

we will have been pacing

you will have been pacing

they will have been pacing

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pace

you would pace

he/she/it would pace

we would pace

you would pace

they would pace

Conditional continuous

I would be pacing

you would be pacing

he/she/it would be pacing

we would be pacing

you would be pacing

they would be pacing

Conditional perfect

I would have pace

you would have pace

he/she/it would have pace

we would have pace

you would have pace

they would have pace

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pacing

you would have been pacing

he/she/it would have been pacing

we would have been pacing

you would have been pacing

they would have been pacing

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pace
we let´s pace
you pace

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pace

Past participle

paced

Present Participle

pacing

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 «PACE»

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

synonyms of pace

clip · footstep · gait · lick · momentum · motion · patrol · pound · progress · rate · speed · step · stride · tempo · tread · velocity · walk

TRANSLATION OF PACE

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 步
• Translator English - Spanish: paso
• English: pace
• Translator English - Hindi: गति
• Translator English - Arabic: سُرْعَةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: частота
• Translator English - Portuguese: passo
• Translator English - Bengali: গতি
• Translator English - French: allure
• Translator English - Malay: Laju
• Translator English - German: Schritt
• Translator English - Japanese: 歩調
• Translator English - Korean: 보조
• Translator English - Javanese: Jangkah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bước chân
• Translator English - Tamil: வேகம்
• Translator English - Marathi: वेग
• Translator English - Turkish: hız
• Translator English - Italian: ritmo
• Translator English - Polish: tempo
• Translator English - Ukrainian: хід
• Translator English - Romanian: ritm
• Translator English - Greek: βήμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tempo
• Translator English - Swedish: tempo
• Translator English - Norwegian: skritt

10 QUOTES WITH «PACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pace.

1

Steven Adler

Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.

2

Matthew Tobin Anderson

I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.

3

Chris Barber

Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.

4

Peter Barris

We had this unbelievable faith that no business has done, quite frankly, and we tripped along the way doing it, but within two years, we were in 40-plus countries. So we ran at an amazing pace, and this is where venture capitalists play a role. Making Groupon into what it is today, we had no role in it; the entrepreneurs did it.

5

William Bligh

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.

6

Kim Campbell

An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.

7

Emanuel Celler

The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me.

8

P. Chidambaram

People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.

9

Kate Chopin

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.

10

Perry Christie

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACE»

Discover the use of pace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Amazing Pace

Traces the athletic story of the record-setting swimmer and Olympic medallist, discussing how he rose from obscurity to become a professional in his teenage years, his participation in the Summer Olympics after the September 11 attacks, and ...

Paul McMullen, 2006

Introduction to Spatial Econometrics

MATLAB® toolboxes useful for spatial econometric estimation are available on the authors’ websites. This work covers spatial econometric modeling as well as numerous applied illustrations of the methods.

James LeSage, Robert Kelley Pace, 2009

De Pace Regis Et Regni: A Treatise Declaring which be the ...

Reprint of the first edition. With comprehensive index, glosses and side-note references to the works of Fitzherbert, Brooke and others.

Ferdinando Pulton, 2006

The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market ...

InThe Slow Pace of Fast Change, Bhaskar Chakravorti peels back the many factors that govern an innovation's penetration into interconnected markets-and offers a game plan for successfully steering innovations from the lab to the living room ...

Bhaskar Chakravorti, 2003

PACE: a practical guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence ...

This book provides practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and its Codes of Practice.

Paul Ozin, Heather Norton, Perry Spivey, 2006

Detecting and Classifying Low Probability of Intercept Radar

This revised and expanded second edition brings you to the cutting edge with new chapters on LPI radar design, including over-the-horizon radar, random noise radar, and netted LPI radar.

Phillip E. Pace, 2009

Pace: The 12-Minute Fitness Revolution

This book will show you how to replace the flawed and ineffective theories that have been mistakenly accepted without proof with what really works. Join the PACE revolution and your body will soon become naturally strong and resilient!

Al Sears, 2010

Setting the PACE in Product Development

This revised edition of Product Development provides essential insight as to how to efficiently organize people, resources and processes to dramatically improve financial results, strategic positions, internal morale and customer ...

Michael E. McGrath, 2012

A Pace of Grace

Complete with Linda’s ten rules for health, this comprehensive guide is the first step in recapturing the joy and vibrancy inherent in each of us.

Linda Kavelin Popov, 2004

Mathematics of Discrete Structures for Computer Science

Approaching mathematics from a computer science viewpoint, this book defines ways of calculating the results of applying the operators, then shows how they satisfy various properties.

Gordon J. Pace, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pace is used in the context of the following news items.

Speed Kings review – a gripping yarn told at a lively pace

Speed Kings review – a gripping yarn told at a lively pace. Andy Bull's account of what happened to the competitors in the 1932 Winter ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

High Country Running: Try a half marathon for 'a change of pace'

This year the race proudly welcomes the mentors and members of the Change of Pace Running Club, an inspiring, new non-profit group that ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»

Hamilton Old Boys continue to set the pace in Midlands Intercity comp

Otumoetai kept pace with Old Boys with a 2-1 win over Pukekohe Indians, Tyler Bruin and Greg Webster scoring the goals. Suburbs had a 3-1 ... «Waikato Times, Jul 15»

Miami Airport on Pace to Set Travel Mark

Miami International Airport is on pace to set a new record for number of travelers. Airport officials said passenger traffic through the first half of ... «The Ledger, Jul 15»

Rosberg at a loss to explain lack of qualifying pace

Nico Rosberg had no explanation for his lack of pace in Hungary as he was beaten to pole position by over half a second by Mercedes team-mate Lewis ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

Williams hoping for better pace on Sunday after tough qualifying in …

Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa are both hoping for improved pace in tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix after only qualifying ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

Review: Gayle Lunds' 'The Assassins' has fast pace, many twists

The fast pace and twists are in abundance, but the sheer complexity of the narrative forces readers to think while enjoying the ride. Treachery ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»

Perfect 10 for Town's pace ace Dawborn

Pace ace Joe Dawborn became the first Peterborough Town player to take all 10 wickets in an innings in the top flight of the Northants League ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»

Ashes trump card Mitch Marsh adds pace

Mitch Marsh continues to crank up his pace and reap the rewards, with the allrounder primed to fire in the third Ashes Test. Marsh starred with ... «ninemsn, Jul 15»

Arsenal's Summer of Content Gathers Pace as Ozil and Giroud Tear …

Arsenal's recent summers have been characterised by discontent, frustration and panic. So it is vaguely unsettling that there is a calm ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»