Pace
/peɪs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe speed at which something happens or someone moves.
verbTo walk back and forth, often because you are worried.
Extra definitions
noun; verbThe speed at which something happens.
noun; verbA single step or stride.
noun; verbTo walk repeatedly back and forth.
Sentence Examples
The runner kept a steady pace.
The project moves at a fast pace.
He began to pace outside.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.”
— 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
“For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.”
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 311:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The runner kept a steady ____.