Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pace
Participle: paced
Gerund: pacing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pace |
| you | pace |
| he;she;it | paces |
| we | pace |
| you | pace |
| they | pace |
Perfect
| I | have paced |
| you | have paced |
| he;she;it | has paced |
| we | have paced |
| you | have paced |
| they | have paced |
Past
| I | paced |
| you | paced |
| he;she;it | paced |
| we | paced |
| you | paced |
| they | paced |
Pluperfect
| I | had paced |
| you | had paced |
| he;she;it | had paced |
| we | had paced |
| you | had paced |
| they | had paced |
Future
| I | will pace |
| you | will pace |
| he;she;it | will pace |
| we | will pace |
| you | will pace |
| they | will pace |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paced |
| you | will have paced |
| he;she;it | will have paced |
| we | will have paced |
| you | will have paced |
| they | will have paced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pace |
| you | pace |
| he;she;it | pace |
| we | pace |
| you | pace |
| they | pace |
Perfect
| I | have paced |
| you | have paced |
| he;she;it | have paced |
| we | have paced |
| you | have paced |
| they | have paced |
Imperfect
| I | paced |
| you | paced |
| he;she;it | paced |
| we | paced |
| you | paced |
| they | paced |
Pluperfect
| I | had paced |
| you | had paced |
| he;she;it | had paced |
| we | had paced |
| you | had paced |
| they | had paced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pace |
| you | would pace |
| he;she;it | would pace |
| we | would pace |
| you | would pace |
| they | would pace |
Perfect
| I | would have paced |
| you | would have paced |
| he;she;it | would have paced |
| we | would have paced |
| you | would have paced |
| they | would have paced |
Imperative
| you | pace |
| we | Let's pace |
| you | pace |
Verbs conjugated like 'pace'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pace'
ace,
bace,
face,
lace,
mace,
pack,
pact,
page,
pale,
pane,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "a step," c.1280, from O.Fr.
pas, from L.
passus "a step," lit. pp. of
pandere "to stretch (the leg), spread out," from PIE
*pat-no-, from base
*pete- "to spread" (cf. Gk.
petalon "a leaf," O.E.
fæðm "embrace, bosom, fathom"). The verb is first attested 1513, from the noun. Also, "a measure of five feet" [Johnson].
Pace-maker was originally (1884) a rider or boat that sets the pace for others in training; sense of "man-made device for stimulating and regulating heartbeat" is from 1951.
Pace-setter in fashion is from 1895.
2. From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso. See: Spanish '
pasear'.
Verbs referencing "pace"
German, old spelling
pesen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] with a sharp mind to its effect. Sometimes, when much excited with his subject, he had an odd way—compounded of John Bunyan, and Balfour of Burley—of taking his great quarto Bible under his arm and pacing up and down the pulpit with it; looking steadily down, meantime, into the midst of the congregation. Thus, when he applied his text to the first assemblage of his hearers, and pictured the wonder [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] So vehement and overpowering was the force with which she spoke, that, for a season, Tom was beguiled even from the pain of his wounds, and, raising himself on one elbow, watched her as she paced restlessly up and down, her long black hair swaying heavily about her, as she moved.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)