pace
/peɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A step.
noun
A step.
noun
Speed or velocity in general.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We set off at a round pace."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /peɪs/
- British English: /peɪs/