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Noun
S:
(n)
pace
,
gait
(the rate of moving (especially walking or running))
S:
(n)
footstep
,
pace
,
step
,
stride
(the distance covered by a step)
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
pace
,
rate
(the relative speed of progress or change)
"he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
direct hyponym
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S:
(n)
speed
,
swiftness
,
fastness
(a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens)
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"
S:
(n)
haste
,
hastiness
,
hurry
,
hurriedness
,
precipitation
(overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))
"he soon regretted his haste"
S:
(n)
abruptness
,
precipitateness
,
precipitousness
,
precipitance
,
precipitancy
,
suddenness
(the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)
S:
(n)
execution speed
((computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS)
S:
(n)
graduality
,
gradualness
(the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages)
S:
(n)
beat
(a regular rate of repetition)
"the cox raised the beat"
S:
(n)
celerity
,
quickness
,
rapidity
,
rapidness
,
speediness
(a rate that is rapid)
S:
(n)
fleetness
(rapidity of movement)
"fleetness of foot"
S:
(n)
immediacy
,
immediateness
,
instantaneousness
,
instancy
(the quickness of action or occurrence)
"the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
S:
(n)
dispatch
,
despatch
,
expedition
,
expeditiousness
(the property of being prompt and efficient)
"it was done with dispatch"
S:
(n)
promptness
,
promptitude
(the characteristic of doing things without delay)
S:
(n)
slowness
,
deliberation
,
deliberateness
,
unhurriedness
(a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
S:
(n)
leisureliness
(slowness by virtue of being leisurely)
S:
(n)
dilatoriness
,
procrastination
(slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it)
S:
(n)
sluggishness
(the pace of things that move relatively slowly)
"the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
pace
,
stride
,
tread
(a step in walking or running)
S:
(n)
tempo
,
pace
(the rate of some repeating event)
S:
(n)
yard
,
pace
(a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
Verb
S:
(v)
pace
(walk with slow or fast paces)
"He paced up and down the hall"
S:
(v)
pace
(go at a pace)
"The horse paced"
S:
(v)
pace
,
step
(measure (distances) by pacing)
"step off ten yards"
S:
(v)
pace
(regulate or set the pace of)
"Pace your efforts"