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- n the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- n one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
- n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- n proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
- n a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- n a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
- v succeed at easily
- v score an ace against
He aced his opponents - v play (a hole) in one stroke
- v serve an ace against (someone)
- s of the highest quality
an ace reporter
- THE AIR WAR New-Style Ace The allied aviators of World War I established the tradition that an "ace" is a pilot who shoots down five or more enemy planes.
- Seattle buddies and night-life impresarios Wade Weigel and Alex Calderwood realized that there was really no place to stay for the people in their crowd--designers, DJs and other.
- By interfering with the activity of this enzyme, ace inhibitors keep blood vessels relaxed and pressure down.