pace
part of speech
noun (pace, paces); verb (pace, paces, paced, pacing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pace is one step, or the length of one step. tree →
2) Pace is how fast someone moves or how fast something happens. tree →
3) To pace is to walk up and down, often because you are worried. tree →
4) To pace yourself is to go at a speed you can keep up. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a step used to measure distance, or a speed; «at a pace of», «paces long». In everyday life and sport: running at a steady pace, keeping pace with friends. In science: the pace of change, a heart's pace. In stories: «he paced the room», «ten paces to the treasure».
examples
- The garden is 20 paces long. tree →
- He walks at a pace of 4 km an hour. tree →
- Each pace is about 1 meter. tree →
- She runs at a steady pace. tree →
- Pace yourself, or you will be tired before the end. tree →
- Count ten paces from the tree and dig. tree →
- Dad paced up and down, waiting for news. tree →
- Little brother could not keep pace with us. tree →
- Work at your own pace. tree →
- On the high-road the pace was quicker yet. tree →
note
«Paces» can be a unit of length (steps). «At a pace of» gives a speed, so distance = pace × time. Trap: different people have different paces. «Keep pace with» means go as fast as. Runners often say pace in minutes per mile or per kilometre.
In the corpora
- Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.
- "Working at his own pace" means he is very slow.
- Everyone grows at their own pace, and a boy's voice cracks for a while as his voice box grows.
- Everyone grows at their own pace.
- Bodies are all different: children grow at their own pace, and growth spurts come at different ages.
Trees and pragmatics
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