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  1. noun A step made in walking; a stride.
  2. noun A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).
  3. noun The distance spanned by a step or stride, especially:
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  • Like a leopard in a cage she paced, and the goad that made her pace was an unblinking icy blue gaze. —  Conan The Triumphant
  • But now our pace was a crawl with frequent stops for rest. —  Dread Companion
  • The stillness, the coldness, the pace was all wrong. —  Jurassic Park
  • And the animal went walking, though his pace was a little slow to suit me. —  Shadow Games
  • And the pace is there. —  Boney
 

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stride ·  speed ·  gait ·  walk ·  step ·  march ·  motion ·  rhythm ·  beat ·  progress ·  stroke ·  trot
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, from past participle of pandere, to stretch, spread out; see petə- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Latin pāce, ablative of pāx, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English pace, paas, pas, from Old French pas, French pas = Spanish paso = Portuguese Italian passo, from Latin passus, a step, pace, literally ‘a stretch,’ sc. of the feet in walking, from pandere, past participle passus, pansus, stretch, be open; cf. patere, be open: see patent. Hence ult. pass, v. and n.
  2. from Middle English pacen, pace, pass: see pace, n., and cf. pass, v. Pace, v., is now used with ref. only to pace, n.
  3. Latin, ablative of pax, peace: see peace.
 

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