Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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.
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.
Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
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:
We set off at a round pace.
The fastest women runners can run a mile in well under five minutes, but in order to reach that goal they've had to train at a much slower pace over thousands of miles.1983, Kathryn Lance, Running for Health, Bantam, →ISBN:
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:
He didn't bowl a lot of pace in the first T20I.
[…] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company, published 1952, page 29:
Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 200:
A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.2006 November 9, “Drop the dead donkeys”, in The Economist:
we see and then imitate the pros moving about as quickly as a pace of asses pulling cannon through the Pripet Marshes.1974, Al Barkow, Golf's Golden Grind: A History of the PGA Tour, Burford Books, page 41:
But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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| paces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
pace bowling · pace setter · paceboard · cinque-pace · requiescant in pace · set the pace · pace stick · mend one's pace · pacemaking · snail's pace · pace-setter · pacer · keep the pace · keep pace · turn of pace · paceline · geometrical pace · pick up the pace · paceman · force the pace · medium pace · change of pace · pacesetter · pacey · requiescat in pace · put one through one's paces · pace bowler · halfpace · pace notes · quarterpace · pace lap · at pace · pacemaker · pacesetting · pace car · paceway · pace-setting · walking pace · footpace · gather pace · pace-of-life syndrome · snail pace
uk хода (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · de Schritt (step: step) · alt алтам (step: step) · fi askelmitta (step: distance covered) · ca pas (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · fr train (speed) · ota آدیم (step: distance covered) · bg стъпка (step: step) · izh harkkamus (step: step) · nb takt (speed) · sw mwendo (step: distance covered) · no pass (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · be тэмп (speed) · hy քայլ (step: step) · sl hitrost (speed) · de Pass (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · ba аҙым (step: step) · sl korak (step: distance covered) · ro pas (step: step) · ca ritme (speed) · sk krok (step: step) · be крок (step: step) · ja だく足 (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · fi lauma (collective noun for donkeys) · sl korak (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · ota آدیم (step: step) · pt passo (step: step) · uk одно́хідь (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · fi askelpari (step: distance covered) · ru и́ноходь (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · fi askellaji (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · uk крок (step: step) · cmn 速度 (speed) · ru похо́дка (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · mi whetoko (step: step) · mi whetoko (step: distance covered) · ja 側対歩 (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · ja 歩調 (speed) · cs tempo (speed) · ru стадо (collective noun for donkeys) · fr pas (step: distance covered) · cmn 腳步 /脚步 (step: step) · fr tempo (speed) · ccc tepane (step: step) · gl paso (step: step) · de Gangart (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · lv solis (step: step) · fi askel (step: step) · mk чекор (step: step) · pdt Schrett (step: step) · fr pas (step: step) · ja ペース (speed) · hu lépés (step: step) · sl hoja (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · fr rythme (speed) · ru шаг (step: distance covered) · de Tempo (speed) · gl paso (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · ca pas (speed) · ja 歩幅 (step: step) · ru шаг (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · eo paŝo (step: step) · pt passo (speed) · es paso (step: step) · gl paso (step: distance covered) · es trote (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · de Herde (collective noun for donkeys) · nb skritt (step: step) · la gradus (step: step) · fi passi (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · sl koračaj (step: distance covered) · ru темп (speed) · pl tempo (speed) · de Schritt (step: distance covered) · ca passa (step: distance covered) · lv gaita (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · cmn 步幅 (step: step) · sl korak (step: step) · ro tempo (speed) · cmn 步伐 (step: step) · sl kljusanje (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · ru по́ступь (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · bg походка (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · de Passgang (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · izh harkkamus (step: distance covered) · nn takt (speed) · fi tahti (speed) · es paso (speed) · fi liike (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · it ritmo (speed) · fi jalkatyö (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · pl krok (step: step) · ro pas (speed) · bg вървеж (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · bg крачка (step: distance covered) · gl andar (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · cs krok (step: step) · fi askel (step: distance covered) · ro ritm (speed) · nn steg (step: step) · pt ritmo (speed) · ru аллю́р (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · ru шаг (step: step) · sw mwendo (step: step) · la passus (step: step) · es paso (step: distance covered) · cmn 節奏 /节奏 (speed) · nb steg (step: step) · ru ско́рость (speed) · ja アンブル (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · el βήμα (step: step) · uk темп (speed) · it passo (step: step) · ca pas (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet) · bg темпо (speed) · de Geschwindigkeit (speed) · mk темпо (speed) · sw mwendo (speed) · ca pas (step: step) · ja 速度 (speed) · el ρυθμός (speed) · es galope (way of stepping: gait of a horse) · uk крок (way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet)
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.
As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter V:
I helped her train for the marathon by pacing her on a bike.
The clubs in London, Manchester, Birmingham, etc., hold various track meetings for races varying from one mile to fifty miles, the longer distances being sometimes paced by tandems.1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 70:
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| paces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pacing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paced | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
outpace · repace · pace off · pace out · tachypace · pacemaker · mispace · pace oneself
ja 歩測する (to measure by walking) · ro mers dus-întors în cameră (to walk to and fro) · fi astella edestakaisin (to walk to and fro) · de hin- und herwandern (to walk to and fro) · mi toihā (to walk to and fro) · ru шага́ть (to walk to and fro) · chr ᎠᏨᏏᏰᎠ (to walk to and fro) · es moderarse (to set a race’s speed) · ru проха́живаться (to walk to and fro) · es moderar la cadencia (to set a race’s speed) · nl ijsberen (to walk to and fro) · ru расха́живать (to walk to and fro) · eo paŝi (to walk to and fro) · pl chodzić tam i z powrotem (to walk to and fro) · ru измеря́ть шага́ми (to measure by walking) · nn stege opp (to measure by walking) · bg крача (to walk to and fro) · fr faire les cent pas (to walk to and fro) · fi mitata askelin (to measure by walking) · ru задава́ть темп (to set a race’s speed) · mi whetoko (to walk to and fro) · fr arpenter (to walk to and fro) · fr arpenter (to measure by walking) · es comedirse el ritmo (to set a race’s speed) · bg определям темпото (to set a race’s speed) · de abschreiten (to measure by walking) · es trapalear (to walk to and fro) · de tigern (to walk to and fro) · de streifen (to walk to and fro) · es ir con calma (to set a race’s speed) · nb skritte opp (to measure by walking) · he פָּסַע (to walk to and fro) · es reservar las energías (to set a race’s speed) · es conservar las fuerzas (to set a race’s speed) · fi määrätä tahti (to set a race’s speed) · ota آدیملامق (to measure by walking) · ro umbla (to walk to and fro) · de auf- und abschreiten (to walk to and fro) · ja 速度を保つ (to set a race’s speed)
From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”).
She is marvelous here, but he (pace many critics) is no bumpkin1998, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human:
es con el debido respeto (With due respect to) · pt com o devido respeito a (With due respect to) · bg с ваше позволение (With due respect to) · ru при всём уваже́нии (With due respect to) · sv med all aktning för (With due respect to) · sv med all respekt för (With due respect to) · bg при цялото ми уважение (With due respect to) · ru при всём моём уваже́нии (With due respect to) · fi kaikella kunnioituksella (With due respect to) · ca amb tot el respecte per (With due respect to) · es con todo respeto (With due respect to)
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
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