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pace
A	noun
	1	pace, stride, tread
				a step in walking or running
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚locomotion; travel ╚step ╚pace, stride, tread
	2	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚temporal property ╚pace, rate ╚slowness; deliberation; deliberateness; unhurriedness ╚celerity; quickness; rapidity ╚beat ╚speed; swiftness; fastness
	3	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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚linear measure; long measure ╚linear unit ╚yard, pace
	4	footstep, pace, step, stride
				the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚footstep, pace, step, stride
	5	pace, gait
				the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚magnitude relation; quantitative relation ╚rate ╚pace, gait ╚beats per minute; bpm; metronome marking; M.M. ╚double time ╚quick time
	6	tempo, pace
				the rate of some repeating event
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚magnitude relation; quantitative relation ╚rate ╚tempo, pace
B	verb
	1	pace, step
				measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚carry; convey; express ╚quantify; measure ╚pace, step
	2	pace
				regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚cause; do; make ╚determine; shape; mold; influence; regulate ╚pace
	3	pace
				walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚walk ╚pace
	4	pace
				go at a pace; "The horse paced"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚pace ╚gallop ╚single-foot; rack ╚walk ╚canter

Forum discussions with the word(s) "pace" in the title:

"at pace" versus "at fast pace"
"controversy" is getting pace
"I have to stay at the same rate/pace/speed"
"The game has great pace/ a great pace"
A plant with a relatively high spreading rate /speed /pace
As I hear your footsteps pace
hectic pace
learning pace of the students vs the Students' learning pace
leisurely work pace
pace the club
Pace Vs Rhythm?
Pace yourself
pace/rate/speed
pick up pace
slow pace
The business develops at a good pace
The pace of diplomacy has been sped up.

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