pace

1. The rate of moving (especially walking or running) (synset 115305715)
   hypernym: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
   hyponym:

   • 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
2. 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
   synonym: footstep, step, stride
3. 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 time
   hyponym:

   • 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
4. A step in walking or running (synset 100286733)
   hypernym: step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
   part meronym: walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot
   synonym: stride, tread
5. The rate of some repeating event (synset 115308315)
   hypernym: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
   hyponym: beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking - the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
   synonym: tempo
6. 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 length
   part holonym: foot, ft - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
   part meronym:

   • perch, pole, rod - a linear measure of 16.5 feet
   • chain - a unit of length
   • lea - a unit of length of thread or yarn
   • fathom, fthm - a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
   synonym: yard

1. 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
2. Go at a pace (synset 202095432)
   "The horse paced"
   hypernym: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   hyponym:

   • canter - go at a canter, of horses
   • walk - walk at a pace
   • rack, single-foot - go at a rack
   • gallop - go at galloping speed
3. Measure (distances) by pacing (synset 200491658)
   "step off ten yards"
   hypernym: measure, quantify - express as a number or measure or quantity
   synonym: step
4. Regulate or set the pace of (synset 200704367)
   "Pace your efforts"
   hypernym: determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape - shape or influence; give direction to

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