Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

force the pace

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: force the -pace
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undertake a decisive, fast-paced approach.

Example Sentences

"Meanwhile the larger company was showing no great eagerness to yield to the pressure of South Wales interests to convert its gauge, and with a view to forcing the pace, the Llynvi & Ogmore in 1871 promoted a remarkable railway from an extension of its system already authorised near Blackmill, eastward across country to join the Rhymney Railway at Nantgarw, in the Vale of Taff, above Cardiff."

Inflected Forms

forces the pace (present, singular) forcing the pace (participle, present) forced the pace (participle, past) forced the pace (past)

Questions

What does force the pace mean?: To undertake a decisive, fast-paced approach.

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