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pace

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
peɪs

Definitions

  1. Acronym of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. Easter.
  3. A surname.
  4. A step.
  5. A step taken with the foot.
  6. Acronym of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
    UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  7. A census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.
  8. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
  9. Acronym of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union.
    US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  10. A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
  11. A way of stepping.
  12. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
  13. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
  14. Speed or velocity in general.
  15. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
  16. A group of donkeys.
    collective
  17. A passage, a route.
    obsolete
  18. One's journey or route.
    obsolete
  19. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
    obsolete
  20. An aisle in a church.
    obsolete

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Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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⟳.”
“A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.”
“Like⟳ a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold⟳ of sheep.”
“But when she saw⟳ them gone she forward⟳ went, / As lay⟳ her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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