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In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.
Iris Murdoch

Meaning of "snail's pace" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SNAIL'S PACE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNAIL'S PACE

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Snail's pace is 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.

WHAT DOES SNAIL'S PACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of snail's pace in the English dictionary

The definition of snail's pace in the dictionary is a very slow or sluggish speed or rate.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNAIL'S PACE

snaggletoothed
snaggy
snaglike
snags
snail
snail cam
snail mail
snail shell
snail-like
snail-mail
snailery
snailfish
snaily
snake
snake charmer
snake dance
snake eyes
snake fence
snake fly
snake in the grass

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNAIL'S PACE

aerospace
airspace
cyberspace
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disk space
force the pace
free space
geometric pace
living space
military pace
MySpace
office space
outer space
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Roman pace
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Synonyms and antonyms of snail's pace in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «snail's pace» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of snail's pace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snail's 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 «snail's pace» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜗牛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paso de tortuga
570 millions of speakers

English

snail´s pace
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कछुआ चाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وتيرة بطيئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Темпы улитки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passo de lesma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্বুকগতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pas de tortue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadar siput
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schneckentempo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かたつむりの歩み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

달팽이 의 속도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jangkah bekicot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tốc độ ốc của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நத்தை வேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोगलगायची गति
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

salyangoz temposu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passo di lumaca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślimaczym tempie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Темпи равлики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ritm de melc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρυθμό χελώνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slakkepas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snigelfart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sneglefart
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snail's pace

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNAIL'S PACE»

The term «snail's pace» is regularly used and occupies the 60.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snail's pace

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Iris Murdoch
In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNAIL'S PACE»

Discover the use of snail's pace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snail's pace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Snail's Pace
Briefly describes the physical characteristics of snails and a few of the thousands of species of these creatures that exist.
Allan Fowler, 1999
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Snail's Pace
Fortunately, it doesn't move at a Snail's Pace. Aletta's love of birds is evident throughout her book. She and I continue to be amateur ornithologists, and I hope you will enjoy reading Snail's Pace.
Aletta Henry, 2010
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Snail's Pace
Snail's Pace is a story. Like many stories,itcontainsmore than one tale. Much of what happens inthestoryhasactually happened, although not in this sequence, and certainly not to these people, who are all fictional. This present book, a tale, ...
John Miller Conn, 2012
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Guided Math Stretch: Representations of Patterns--At a ...
... –7 HZ 6 –9 KV Day Position 0 3 LT 1 2.5 MS 2 2 CA 3 1.5 RI 4 1 CT 5 0.5 MA 6 0 BR Snail's Pace Day JL BR HW KQ KQ MN JW OV ES SJ TB 15 12 9 6 3 -3 -6 - 9 -12 -15 1 2 3 4 5 6 Algebra and Algebraic Thinking Stretches At a Snail's Pace.
Lanney Sammons, 2014
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A Snail's Pace
Sonya Bridges.
Sonya Bridges, 2011
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Snail's pace to snappy! How to make your PC fast again:
Web of Life Solutions. Web of Life Solutions Original text and original images are Copyright 2012 Web of. Snail's pace to snappy! How to make your PC fast again A paperback version of this book is available. 2.
Web of Life Solutions, 2014
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Creativity and Convention: The Pragmatics of Everyday ...
... contributes to the truth- conditional content and warrants the expected implications, consider (36)-(43): (36) Since the Paddington derailment, trains run at a snail's pace. (37) Since she broke her hip, my grandma walks at a snail's pace.
Rosa E. Vega Moreno, 2007
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
pace at a snail's pace very slowly ♢ The action moves at a snail's pace in this film, as if all the characters were asleep. origin: from the fact that a snail (= a small animal with a round shell) moves very slowly keep pace (with sb/sth) to stay at the ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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Snail's Pace
Younger children will come to love these snail tales, based on the popular ABC television series.
ABC Australia Staff, Hugh Silvey, Wally Jex, 2003
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Practical Teaching Skills for Driving Instructors: A ...
A Metaphor is used to imply a similarity between things or situations which are not really associated - for example, 'crawling along at a snail's pace'. A Simile is a figurative comparison using terms such as 'like' or 'as'. An example would be to ...
John Miller, Margaret Stacey, Tony Scriven, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNAIL'S PACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snail's pace is used in the context of the following news items.
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Transformation 'moving at snail's pace'
Commission acting chairwoman Tabea Magodielo said on Thursday that the snail's pace of transformation was a "very worrying" and "very discouraging" matter. «BDlive, Jul 15»
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New A47 to be built at a snail's pace
The little whirlpool ramshorn snail, which have shells less than a fifth in diameter, ... Government officers are now ready to carry out a relocation of the snails in a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Laid back frog takes things at a snail's pace in photos from Indonesia
Undeterred by the pale green reptile on his back, the snail continues to crawl up the tree at a leisurely pace. 34-year-old Kurit Afsheen caught the wonderful ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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UN climate talks moving at snail's pace, says Ban Ki-moon
Negotiations for a deal to fight climate change were moving at a “snail's pace”, the United Nations chief, Ban Ki-Moon, told a high-level meeting on Monday. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Gaza Reconstruction Is Moving at 'Snail's Pace'
“The housing stock is being reconstructed at such a snail's pace,” he said. Easing access is not enough and “the real solution is the lifting of restrictions.”. «Truthdig, Jun 15»
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AP Interview: UN official says rebuilding Gaza could take decades at …
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza reconstruction is moving at a "snail's pace" and at this rate, it would likely take 30 years to rebuild the extensive damage from ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
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UN official: Gaza rebuilding moving at 'snail's pace'
A UN official says Gaza reconstruction is moving at a "snail's pace" and that at this rate it would take 30 years to rebuild the damage from last year's ... «Ynetnews, Jun 15»
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This Week in Energy: Oil Glut Easing At A Snail's Pace
The EIA released fresh weekly data this week that solidified a trend underway in the US. Oil inventories posted their fourth weekly decline, falling by another 2.8 ... «OilPrice.com, May 15»
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Snail's pace: government agency ComSuper's pay offer raised 0.3 …
If further proof was needed enterprise bargaining with federal public servants was progressing at a snail's pace, negotiations at ComSuper could provide it. «The Canberra Times, May 15»
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Report: Growth in state-run preschool programs moving at snail's pace
A new report on state-funded pre-kindergarten programs says that funding, enrollment and quality was up somewhat in 2014 but that the pace of progress was ... «Washington Post, May 15»

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