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Definition: Apace |
ApaceAdverb1. With rapid movements; "he works quickly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "apace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Apace \A*pace"\, adverb. [Prefix a- pace. Old English pas at walk, in which is the article. See Pace.]. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Apace | English | Advanced Planning and Control Executive | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ApaceSynonyms: chop-chop (adv), quickly (adv), rapidly (adv), speedily (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: slowly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Earliness | Suddenly; (instantaneously); before one can say "Jack Robinson", at short notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; at once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil; straight, straightway, straightforth; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly. |
Haste | Adverb: with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste; Adjective: apace; (swiftly); amain; all at once; (instantaneously); at short notice; immediately; (early); posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches. |
Velocity | Adverb: swiftly; Adjective: with speed; Noun: apace; at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed; full drive, full gallop; posthaste, in full sail, tantivy; trippingly; instantaneously. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Apace |
| Specialty definitions using "apace": Cock apace ♦ End, End- ♦ Yearn. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The sinking sound of melting snow is heard in all dells, and the ice dissolves apace in the ponds |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | Offshore exploration continues apace with Ranger Oil of Canada and Ocean/Shell active in deepwater. (references) |
Guyana | Once this project is complete, development of the sector should continue apace on an environmentally sound footing. (references) | |
Trinidad | Two additional trains have been approved, with a fourth already under discussion, and natural gas exploration continues apace. (references) | |
Political Economy | SAUDI ARABIA | Although the commercial terms for the deal have yet to be finalized, investment plans are proceeding apace and are expected to have a major impact on the Saudi economy. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of death was on his face -- 'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean. "This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. Tinley Roquot |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Apace" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Apace" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 105 | 31,781 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "apace": grow apace ♦ ill news flies apace ♦ ill weeds grow apace. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
apace | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "apace"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpejt (at full pelt, before long, chop-chop, express, fast, make it snappy, neck and crop, not far off, on the double, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily, trippingly). (various references) | |
Arabic | بسرعة (as soon as possible, fast, hastily, precipitately, presto, quick, quickly, readily, rushed, sharply, slap, speedily, swift). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | бързо (chop-chop, express, fast, hastily, hotfoot, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, lively, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, snap, speedily, sweepingly, swiftly, trippingly). (various references) | |
Czech | spìšnì (hastily, hotfoot, in a hurry). (various references) | |
Farsi | سریعا (Pronto), بی درنگ (Immediate), باتندی , باسرعت زیاد, باشتاب (Summary). (various references) | |
German | schnell (expeditious, fast, flying, hasty, hurry, prompt, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rapids, slippy, smart, smartly, soon, spanking, speedily, speedy, swift, swiftly). (various references) | |
Greek | γρήγορα (fast, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon). (various references) | |
Hebrew | במ"ירות (quick, quickly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rohamosan (by leaps and bounds). (various references) | |
Indonesian | segera (ere, immediate, instant, presently, right away, straightway). (various references) | |
Italian | di buon passo. (various references) | |
Manx | dy tappee (quickly), dy gastey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apaceay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rapidamente (amain, chop-chop, fast, holus-bolus, hotfoot, on the double, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, readily, soon, speedily, swiftly, tantivy), depressa (early, fast, on the double, quick, quickly, soon, swiftly). (various references) | |
Romanian | repede (anon, brisk, briskly, early, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hurried, in the same breath, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rash, smartly, soon, speedy, sudden, swift, swiftly, winged). (various references) | |
Russian | быстро (amain, fast, hotfoot, in short order, overnight, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, smartly, speedily, swiftly, trippingly), полным ходом (at full blast, at full pelt, full-pelt, in full swing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | brzo (fast, make it snappy, promptly, pronto, quickly, rapidly, speedily, tantivy, trippingly). (various references) | |
Spanish | aprisa (fast, quick, quickly, rapid, sharp, slippy), rápidamente (chop-chop, fast, lively, quick, quickly, rapidly, sharply, speedily, swiftly). (various references) | |
Swedish | snabbt (double quick, presto, quick, quickly, rapidly, swiftly, with dispatch). (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างเร็ว. (various references) | |
Turkish | süratle (fast, swiftly), hızla (at a good clip, by leaps, by leaps and bounds, double quick, fast, in double time, like a streak of lightning, quick, quickly, rapidly, slap, slap bang, speedily, swiftly, swimmingly), çabuk (be quick, come, come on, early, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurry, hurry up, in double time, in good time, light footed, lissom, lissome, nimble, precipitous, presto, prompt, pronto, quick, quick-action, quickly, rapid, ready, sharp, snappy, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly), çabucak (at no time, by leaps and bounds, double quick, fast, hand over fist, in a snap, in no time, in short order, lickety-split, nimbly, posthaste, quick, quickly, readily, slick, slippy, speedily, swiftly, with a rush). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | швидко (aptly, at full pelt, chop-chop, fast, lightly, nimbly, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, speedily, swift). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhanh chóng (quickly, rapid), nhanh (brisk, cursory, quick, quickly, rapid, short order, tearing, transient, volant), mau lẹ (expeditious, prompt, speedy, trippingly, wing-footed). (various references) | |
Welsh | ar garlam (at a gallop), ar frys (quickly), ar ffrwst. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Samuel Chapter 18, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai anebohsen o skopoV kai aphggeilen tw basilei kai eipen o basileuV ei monoV estin euaggelia en tw stomati autou kai eporeueto poreuomenoV kai eggizwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et exclamans indicavit regi dixitque rex si solus est bonus est nuntius in ore eius properante autem illo et accedente propius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And cryinge out shewide to the kyng. And the kyng seide to hym, If he is aloone, gode message is in the mouth of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the watchman called, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Samuel Chapter 18, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang magbalantay misinggit ug misugilon sa hari. Ug ang hari miingon: Kong siya usa ra, adunay mga balita nga anaa sa iyang baba. Ug siya nagasingabut sa madali, ug nagakahiduol, |
| Croatian | Stražar povika i javi kralju, a kralj mu reèe: "Ako je sam, nosi dobar glas na ustima." Èovjek je dolazio sve bliže. |
| Danish | Vægteren råbte og meldte det til Kongen, og Kongen sagde: "Er han alene, har han Bud at bringe!" Men medens Manden fortsatte sit Løb og kom nærmere, |
| Dutch | Zo riep de wachter, en zeide het den koning aan; en de koning zeide: Indien hij alleen is, zo is er een boodschap in zijn mond; en hij ging al voort en naderde. |
| Finnish | Tähystäjä huusi ja ilmoitti sen kuninkaalle. Niin kuningas sanoi: "Jos hän on yksin, niin hänellä on ilosanoma". Ja hän tuli yhä lähemmäksi. |
| French | La sentinelle cria, et avertit le roi. Le roi dit: S`il est seul, il apporte des nouvelles. Et cet homme arrivait toujours plus près. |
| German | und rief und sagte es dem König an. Der König aber sprach: Ist er allein, so ist eine gute Botschaft in seinem Munde. Und da derselbe immer näher kam, |
| Haitian Creole | Li rele pou avèti wa a. Wa a di l': -Si li pou kont li, se bon nouvèl l'ap pote. Mesaje a t'ap pwoche toujou |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Penjaga itu berseru ke bawah memberitahukan hal itu kepada raja, dan raja berkata, "Jika dia sendirian, pastilah kabar baik yang dibawanya." Ketika orang itu hampir sampai, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka berserulah orang pengawal itu memberitahu baginda, lalu titah baginda: Jikalau ia seorangnya jua, maka adalah kabar baik padanya. Maka orang itu makin berjalan, makin datang hampir. |
| Maori | Na ka karanga te kaititiro, ka whakaatu ki te kingi. Ano ra ko te kingi, Ki te mea ko ia anake, he korero kei tona mangai. Na haere tonu mai ana tera, a ka tata. |
| Norwegian | Vekteren ropte og meldte det til kongen. Da sa kongen: Er han alene, så er det et gledelig budskap i hans munn. Og han kom nærmere og nærmere. |
| Rumanian | Caraula a strigat, wi a dat de wtire kmpqratului. Kmpqratul a zis: ,,Dacq este singur, aduce vewti.`` Wi omul acela se apropia din ce kn ce mai mult. |
| Swedish | Väktaren ropade och förkunnade det för konungen. Då sade konungen: "Är han ensam, så har han ett glädjebudskap att kungöra." Och han kom allt närmare. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "apace": carapace. (additional references) | |
Words containing "apace": carapaces. (additional references) | |
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"Apace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aac, Aace, Aake, aape, aapso, abace, Acace, adace, Adpase, Adpcm, aeac, aface, Agace, Aipac, alace, amache, anace, apa, Apac, apaca, apacel, apaces, apacet, apack, Apacs, apae, apage, apale, apane, aparche, Apasha, apate, apave, Apbc, apeace, apec, aphaca, Apic, Apilco, apise, appache, Apparc, Apsac, arake, aspice, Atacey, atp-ase, avace, avaci, epace, epice, Ippac, opac, opache, pataca. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "apace" (pronounced upā"s) |
| 3 | -p ā" s | pace, space. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-p" | |
-1 letter: cape, paca, pace. | |
-2 letters: ace, ape, cap, cep, pac, pea, pec. | |
-3 letters: aa, ae, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-p" | |
+1 letter: apache, canape, palace. | |
+2 letters: acaleph, agapeic, apaches, canapes, capable, capelan, carpale, chapeau, package, palaced, palaces, panacea, panache, pancake, peacoat, placate, precava. | |
+3 letters: acalephe, acalephs, airscape, airspace, alopecia, anyplace, apatetic, campagne, capabler, capelans, capiases, capitate, capmaker, carapace, catnaper, cephalad, chapeaus, chapeaux, coappear, escapade, hepatica, packable, packaged, packager, packages, paleface, panacean, panaceas, panaches, pancaked, pancakes, pancetta, pancreas, papacies, parlance, peacoats, placable, placated, placater, placates, placeman, placenta, precavae, precaval, saucepan, scalepan, scapulae, seascape, spaceman. | |
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