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Synonyms for pace

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : peys
Phonetic Transcription : peɪs

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Définition of pace

Origin :
  • late 13c., "a step in walking; rate of motion," from Old French pas "a step, pace, trace," and directly from Latin passus, passum "a step, pace, stride," noun use of past participle of pandere "to stretch (the leg), spread out," probably from PIE *pat-no-, from root *pete- "to spread" (cf. Greek petannynai "to spread out," petalon "a leaf," patane "plate, dish;" Old Norse faðmr "embrace, bosom," Old English fæðm "embrace, bosom, fathom," Old Saxon fathmos "the outstretched arms"). Also, "a measure of five feet" [Johnson]. Pace-setter in fashion is from 1895.
  • noun steps in walking
  • noun speed, tempo of motion
  • verb walk back and forth
  • verb measure by footsteps
Example sentences :
  • He began to pace the floor again from one room to the other.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He made it his point to see that she was never urged beyond that pace.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Now, she quickened her pace, anxious for the plunge that should set the term to sorrow.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He should then pace the distance between himself and that animal.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He was followed by two young women, who flanked him by a pace or so to the rear.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • At his command the Leopard Woman had dropped a pace to the rear.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • She withdrew a pace, almost as though washing her hands of the affair.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • To the bewilderment of the Leopard Woman the pace of the safari now slackened.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • We had made the first part of our journey at a snail's pace.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • But Philip slackened not his pace; he began to distance his pursuers.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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