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pace (s) (noun), paces (pl)
1. An indication of the number of steps to be covered in a place when someone is moving forward: Take three paces forward and five paces to the left to find what you are looking for.
2. An easy or slow walk that a horse makes while going somewhere: The rider guided the horse as it moved at an easy pace towards the racetrack.
3. The rate at which something or someone moves towards a goal or completion of an undertaking: The work progressed at a slow pace partly because of the hot weather.
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pace (verb), paces; paced; pacing
1. To move or to walk, often in a nervous manner: Sharon paced the floor, waiting for the phone to ring so she could find out how her mother was doing.
2. To move in a slow, casual, manner; to saunter or to amble: The horses paced around the ring during the circus performance.
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Science, Technology, and Global Knowledge
(the spread of information with the "wiring" of the world has improved communications between people and accelerated the pace of scientific discoveries as well as greater efficiency in the exchange of technical knowledge and applications)
Word Entries containing the term: “pace”
Pace tua.
By your leave.
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Requiescat in pace (s), Requiescant in pace (pl); R.I.P.
May he/she rest in peace.(s)
May they rest in peace. (pl)
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R.I.P., requiescat in pace
may he/she rest in peace

The plural form of this final thought is requiescant in pace, "may they rest in peace". The abbreviation for both the singular and the plural is R.I.P.

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