paces
Rates of movement
Paces is the plural of pace—steps or rates of movement.
Someone paces back and forth when anxious or thinking.
To put someone through their paces is to test their abilities thoroughly.
A horse's paces are its different gaits.
She paces herself means she regulates her effort to avoid burnout.
Space between two points
- lengthMeasure of extent
- spanDistance between endpoints
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
- gaugeStandard of measurement
measure · footage · estimation · counting · steps · strides · benchmark · calibration
Rate of musical performance
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- quicknessState of being fast
slowness · acceleration · momentum · briskness · clip · swiftness · timing · cadence
Developing abilities through practice
- drillHole-boring device
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- lapsComplete track circuits
repetition · practice · exercise · workout · treadmill · loop · iteration · habit
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- headwayForward progress achieved
- improvementPositive change in quality
momentum · escalation · acceleration · upturn · increase · maturation · sequence · succession
distance
Space between two points
gauge · measure · footage · estimation · counting · steps · strides · benchmark · calibration · dimension
gait
Locomotion pattern
tread · stroll · march · stride · amble · saunter · trudge · striding · footstep · walking
tempo
Rate of musical performance
quickness · slowness · acceleration · momentum · briskness · clip · swiftness · timing · cadence · beat
training
Developing abilities through practice
laps · repetition · practice · exercise · workout · treadmill · loop · iteration · habit · ritual
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
- headwayForward progress achieved
improvement · momentum · escalation · acceleration · upturn · increase · maturation · sequence · succession · evolution
track
Path or monitored route
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- greyhoundSleek, fast-running breed
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
trotter · racecourse · handicap · clocker · pacer · sulky · jockey · furlong · oval · heat
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- Duelingduel, duels, dueling, duelist, pistols at dawn
- walking distancesblock, blocks, city block, quarter mile, half mile
- change of paceDeviation from routine
- snail's paceExtremely slow movement
- keep paceStay equally fast
- pick up the paceCommand to move faster
- set the paceEstablish the standard speed
- pace oneselfControl one's exertion rate
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