pace
Noun
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The rate of moving (especially walking or running) (synset 115305715)
hypernym: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unithyponym:
- quick time - a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
- double time - a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
synonym: gait -
The distance covered by a step (synset 113779389)
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"hypernym: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
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The relative speed of progress or change (synset 105065731)
"he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"hypernym: temporal property - a property relating to timehyponym:
- fastness, speed, swiftness - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
- beat - a regular rate of repetition
- celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness - a rate that is rapid
- deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness - a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
- sluggishness - the pace of things that move relatively slowly
synonym: rate -
A step in walking or running (synset 100286733)
hypernym: step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
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The rate of some repeating event (synset 115308315)
hypernym: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unithyponym: beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking - the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 secondssynonym: tempo
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A unit of length equal to 3 feet;
Defined as 91.44 centimeters;
Originally taken to be the average length of a stride (synset 113672065)hypernym: linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of lengthpart meronym:synonym: yard
Verb
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Walk with slow or fast paces (synset 201933207)
"He paced up and down the hall"hypernym: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
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Go at a pace (synset 202095432)
"The horse paced"hypernym: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallyhyponym:
- canter - go at a canter, of horses
- walk - walk at a pace
- rack, single-foot - go at a rack
- gallop - go at galloping speed
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Measure (distances) by pacing (synset 200491658)
"step off ten yards"synonym: step
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Regulate or set the pace of (synset 200704367)
"Pace your efforts"
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