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      pace
      noun
      A step.
      A step taken with the foot.
      The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
      A way of stepping.
      A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
      Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
      Speed or velocity in general.
      (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
      (collective) A group of donkeys.
      Easter.
      A census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.
      A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
      A surname.
      Acronym of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
      (UK, law) Acronym of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
      (US, labor union) Acronym of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union.
      (obsolete) A passage, a route.
      (obsolete) One's journey or route.
      (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
      (obsolete) An aisle in a church.
      verb
      To walk back and forth in a small distance.
      To set the speed in a race.
      To measure by walking.
      adjective
      (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
      Roots
      passuspac- · Latin · step, pace
      Synonyms for pace
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