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pace
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Meanings
noun
  • a single step taken when walking or running.
    E.g. Kirov stepped back a pace
  • speed in walking, running, or moving.
    E.g. he's an aggressive player with plenty of pace
verb
  • walk at a steady speed, especially without a particular destination and as an expression of anxiety or annoyance.
    E.g. we paced up and down in exasperation
  • move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed.
    E.g. the action is paced to the beat of a perky march
preposition
  • with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction.
    E.g. narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead
PACE
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Meanings
abbreviation
  • Police and Criminal Evidence Act.

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