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(noun) a step in walking or running |
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Synonyms: stride, tread |
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Related Words: step |
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| 2. |
(verb) measure by pacing, as of distances |
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Related Words: measure, quantify |
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(verb) measure by pacing, as of a room |
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Related Words: measure, measure out |
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(verb) regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts" |
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Related Words: determine, influence, regulate, shape |
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(verb) walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" |
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Related Words: walk |
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(verb) go at a pace, as of a horse |
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Related Words: canter, gallop, go, locomote, move, rack, single-foot, travel, walk |
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(noun) the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" |
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Synonyms: rate |
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Related Words: beat, celerity, deliberateness, deliberation, fastness, quickness, rapidity, slowness, speed, swiftness, temporal property, unhurriedness |
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(noun) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) |
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Synonyms: gait |
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Related Words: M.M., beats per minute, bpm, double time, metronome marking, quick time, rate |
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(noun) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride |
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Synonyms: yard |
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Related Words: linear unit |
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(noun) the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" |
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Synonyms: footstep, step, stride |
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Related Words: indefinite quantity |
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(noun) the rate of some repeating event |
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Synonyms: tempo |
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Related Words: rate |
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