[peɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a single step taken when walking or running
(e.g: Kirov stepped back a pace)

- speed in walking, running, or moving
(e.g: most traffic moved at the pace of the riverboat)


Phrases:
- at pace
- change of pace
- keep pace with
- last the pace
- off the pace
- put someone or something through their paces
- set the pace

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’

[peɪs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- 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)


Phrases:
- at pace
- change of pace
- keep pace with
- last the pace
- off the pace
- put someone or something through their paces
- set the pace

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’

[ˈpɑːtʃeɪ], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- 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)


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, literally ‘in peace’, ablative of pax, as in pace tua ‘by your leave’

[peɪs], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act


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