Meaning

4 senses
  1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.

    hin- und herwandern, auf- und abschreiten, streifen

    шага́тьšagátʹ, расха́живатьrasxáživatʹ, проха́живатьсяproxáživatʹsja

  2. To walk along or through sth with regular strides.

  3. To set the speed.

    I helped her train for the marathon by pacing her on a bike.

    задава́ть темпzadavátʹ temp

    regulate or set the pace of

  4. To measure by walking.

    abschreiten

    измеря́ть шага́миizmerjátʹ šagámi

    measure (distances) by pacing

Examples

286 sentences
  1. I can't keep pace with you.

    Я не встигаю за тобою. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ за тобой не поспеваю. — marafon

    deIch kann nicht mit dir mithalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He walked at a quick pace.

    ruОн шёл быстрым шагом. — marafon

    deEr ging schnellen Schrittes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom needs a change of pace.

    deTom sollte die Dinge etwas langsamer angehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Come on, pick up the pace.

  5. I just need to pace myself.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to walk to and fro:
to set a race’s speed:
to measure by walking:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to walk to and fro:
to measure by walking:

Origin

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin p

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 pass, Spanish pasear, paso.

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Forms

paces, pacing, paced, paced
Base formpace · to pace
3rd person singularpaces
Present participlepacing
Past simplepaced
Past participlepaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypace
he, she, itpaces

Past simpleLesson

all personspaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave paced
he, she, ithas paced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pace

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • measure (distances) by pacing:step

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • change of pace
  • pacing back and
  • own pace
  • pacing back

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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