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Dictionaries » Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary 4th edition » P » pace - definition
pace
(paces, pacing, paced)
| Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. |
| The pace of something is the speed at which it happens or is done. |
| Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change. |
| ...people who prefer to live at a slower pace... |
| Interest rates would come down as the recovery gathered pace. |
| Your pace is the speed at which you walk. |
| He moved at a brisk pace down the rue St Antoine... |
| A pace is the distance that you move when you take one step. |
| He'd only gone a few paces before he stopped again... |
| If you pace a small area, you keep walking up and down it, because you are anxious or impatient. |
| As they waited, Kravis paced the room nervously... |
| He found John pacing around the flat, unable to sleep... |
| She stared as he paced and yelled. |
| If you pace yourself when doing something, you do it at a steady rate. |
| It was a tough race and I had to pace myself. |
| If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it. |
| Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation. |
| PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n |
| If you keep pace with someone who is walking or running, you succeed in going as fast as them, so that you remain close to them. |
| With four laps to go, he kept pace with the leaders... |
| PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR with n |
| If you do something at your own pace, you do it at a speed that is comfortable for you. |
| The computer will give students the opportunity to learn at their own pace... |
| If you put someone through their paces or make them go through their paces, you get them to show you how well they can do something. |
| The British coach is putting the boxers through their paces... |
| at a snail's pace: see snail
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