pace

Meaning

Noun

1. A step.
2. A step.
3. A way of stepping.
4. A way of stepping.
5. Speed or velocity in general.
6. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
7. A group of donkeys.
8. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
9. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
10. (obsolete) A passage, a route.

Adj

Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Verb

1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
2. To set the speed in a race.
3. To measure by walking.

Prep

With all due respect to.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.