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Another word for pace

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Noun

  1. Rate of motion or performance

      1. A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle:
      2. The magnitude of a velocity.
      3. The act of moving rapidly:
      1. A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace:
      2. (Music) The speed at which music is or ought to be played, often indicated on written compositions by a descriptive or metronomic direction to the performer.
      3. The speed at which a musical composition is, or is supposed to be, performed: it is indicated by such notations as allegro, andante, etc. or by reference to metronome timing
      1. A vector quantity that specifies both the speed of a body and its direction of motion
      2. Quickness or rapidity of motion or action; swiftness; speed
      3. Rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness.
      1. (Film, TV) A sequence of film, videotape, etc., as a short selection taken from a longer feature or a brief piece inserted in a newscast
      2. (Informal) A quick sharp blow:
      3. Cartridge clip
    See also:

    fast

Verb

  1. To go on foot

      1. To move about; walk
      2. To walk from place to place; move about.
      1. To walk, dance, or run on, over, or through; tread
      2. To execute the steps of (a dance).
      3. To go by foot over, on, or through; tread.
      1. To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two:
      2. To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction:
      3. To put or press the foot:
      1. To set one's foot (on, across, etc.); make a step; step
      2. To go on foot; walk.
      3. To move on foot; step; walk
      1. To move by placing one foot firmly before lifting the other, as two-legged creatures do, or by placing two feet firmly before lifting either of the others, as four-legged creatures do
      2. To go along or move about on foot at a moderate pace
      3. To force (a person) to move at a walk, as by grasping the shoulders and pushing
    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

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Another word for pace

Noun
      1. Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.
      2. A very short distance:
      3. A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale:
      1. Quickness or rapidity of motion or action; swiftness; speed
      2. (Physics) A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
      3. Rate of change of position, in relation to time;
      1. A motion or action of a person or group
      2. A series of actions and events taking place over a period of time and working to foster a principle or policy:
      3. The act or an instance of moving; a change in place or position.
    See also:

    speed

Verb

  1. To stride

    See also:

    walk

  2. To measure by pacing

    See also:

    measure

Idioms:

    change of pace

    2. go through one's paces

    3. keep pace with

    4. off the pace

    5. put through one's paces

    6. set-the-pace

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Sentence Examples

  • Dean began to slowly pace the room.

  • He began to pace the room.

  • She remained standing and began to pace about the room.

  • Carmen picked up her pace, heading for the house.

  • I tried to remember on which side of the Pace Arrow it was parked.

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