[*** \mathrm{pace}^1] |pās|

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1. a single step taken when walking or running.

一歩

a unit of length representing the distance between two successive steps in walking.

(一歩の)歩幅

a gait of a horse or other animal, especially one of the recognized trained gaits of a horse.

(馬などの)側体速歩〘同じ側の前後の足を同時に上下させる歩き方; → gallop 〙

literary a person's manner of walking or running:

歩き方

e.g. I steal with quiet pace.

2. consistent and continuous speed in walking, running, or moving:

(人･物が動く)速度, 歩調, ペース (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う)

e.g. most traffic moved at the pace of the riverboat

e.g. in singular : walking at a comfortably fast pace.

the speed or rate at which something happens, changes, or develops:

e.g. the children work separately in the classroom at their own pace

e.g. the poor neighborhoods fester at an increasingly rapid pace.

verb no object

walk at a steady and consistent speed, especially back and forth and as an expression of one's anxiety or annoyance:

(何度も)行ったり来たりする

e.g. we paced up and down in exasperation

〈建物･床など〉を(いらいらして)行ったり来たりする

e.g. with object : she had been pacing the room.

with object measure (a distance) by walking it and counting the number of steps taken:

…を歩測する, 〈距離〉を歩幅で測る(off, out).

e.g. I paced out the dimensions of my new home.

with object lead (another runner in a race) in order to establish a competitive speed:

〈試合･競走など〉のペースを作り出す, ペースメーカーになる

e.g. Morales paced us for four miles.

(pace oneself) do something at a slow and steady rate or speed in order to avoid overexerting oneself:

自分のペースを保つ, ペースを乱さない; (あわてずに)着実に行う

e.g. Frank was pacing himself for the long night and day ahead.

with object move or develop (something) at a particular rate or speed:

〈本･作品など〉のテンポを作る.

e.g. the action is paced to the beat of a perky march

e.g. as adjective in combination (-paced) : our fast-paced daily lives.

(of a horse) move in a distinctive lateral gait in which both legs on the same side are lifted together, seen mostly in specially bred or trained horses.

chiefly North American a change from what one is used to:

e.g. the magenta is a change of pace from traditional red.

move, develop, or progress at the same speed as:

e.g. fees have had to be raised a little to keep pace with inflation.

behind the leader or leading group in a race or contest.

make someone (or something) demonstrate their (or its) qualities or abilities:

e.g. the cars are examined by our safety experts and put through their paces by our drivers.

be the fastest runner in the early part of a race.

lead the way in doing or achieving something:

e.g. space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects.

Middle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’.

[*** \mathrm{pace}^2] |ˈpāˌsē, ˈpäˌCHā|

with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction:

｟かたく｠ …に失礼ながら (!人の意見に反対する時に用いる) .

e.g. narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead.

Latin, literally ‘in peace’, ablative of pax, as in pace tua ‘by your leave’.