Pace | Mean of pace in English Dictionary

/ˈpeɪs/

• Noun
• the speed at which someone or something moves
1. He can run at a decent pace. [=he can run fairly fast]
2. We walked at a leisurely pace along the shore.
3. I told the kids to pick/step up the pace. [=go faster]
4. He rode his bike up the hill at a snail's pace. [=very slowly]
5. We encourage you to hike the trail at your own pace. [=at a speed that suits you and lets you be comfortable]
• the speed at which something happens
1. The pace of the story was slow.
2. His new album is selling at a blistering/breakneck/dizzying pace.
3. Despite quickly advancing medical technology, the pace [=(more commonly) rate] of change in her field remained slow and steady.
4. She liked the fast pace of life in the city. [=she liked the fast way things happened in the city]
• a single step or the length of a single step
1. The tree is about 30 paces from the front door.
2. The dog walked a few paces behind us.

• to do something in order to show others how well you do it
1. The athletes went through their paces as the coaches looked on.
2. a show horse going through its paces for the judges
• to go or make progress at the same speed as (someone or something else)
1. Our production can't keep pace with [=keep up with] the orders coming in.
2. The law has not kept pace with technology. [=the law has not changed fast enough to reflect changes in technology]
3. She struggles to keep pace with her classmates.
• behind in a race, competition, etc.
1. The winner finished in 4 minutes, 30 seconds, and the next runner was three seconds off the pace. [=finished three seconds later]
2. The other runners were way off the pace.
• to test what someone or something can do
1. We brought home three different computers and put them through their paces.
• to be the one that is at the front in a race and that controls how fast the other racers have to go
1. As our fastest runner, he usually sets the pace for the rest of the team.
2. The company's advanced equipment sets the pace for the recording industry.
• Verb
• to walk back and forth across the same space again and again especially because you are nervous
1. He paced the floor/room.
2. When she gets nervous she paces back and forth.
3. He was pacing and muttering to himself.
• to control or set the speed of (someone or something)
1. She paced the other runners for the first half of the race.
2. Advertisements are paced so that they are shown more often during peak sales seasons.
• to measure (something) by walking and counting the number of steps you take
1. The new garden is 25 feet long. I paced it off.
2. Pace off 20 feet.
• to do something at a speed that is steady and that allows you to continue without becoming too tired
1. If you don't pace yourself, you'll wear yourself out.
2. He quickly learned he would need to pace himself so he could get all of his work done.