pace
pays
- n the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
- n the distance covered by a step
he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig - n the relative speed of progress or change
he lived at a fast pace
the pace of events accelerated - n a step in walking or running
- n the rate of some repeating event
- n a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- v walk with slow or fast paces
He paced up and down the hall - v go at a pace
The horse paced - v measure (distances) by pacing
- v regulate or set the pace of
- See Also 2004 CES Roundup Tech PTI Archive: By WILSON ROTHMAN Keeping pace while walking or jogging is an imprecise art.
- McGorry concedes that pace's link with Janssen-Cilag could invite concerns about influence, but says it was pace which made the approach and that Janssen accepted McGorry's .
- The pace of discovery is likely to accelerate, says the former editor of Nature The IQ Meritocracy Our test-obsessed society has Binet and Terman to thank or to blame.