pacing

verb

Definition of pacingnext
present participle of pace
1
as in striding
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group six jugglers paced neatly alongside one another in the parade

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in progressing
to move forward along a course the couple paced through the motions of a marriage, but it was never more than a financial and social arrangement

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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacing
  1. progressing
  2. marching
  3. doing
  4. proceeding
  5. coming
Verb
  • Genetic research has advanced dramatically in recent years, progressing from enhancing food crops through genetic insights to exploring the possibility of resurrecting extinct species.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • City currently sits 20th in the new 36-team group Champions League format, with only the top eight progressing automatically to the round of 16.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of progressing
Verb
  • Hours before the most meaningful game, the event is highlighted by the Army Corps of Cadets and the Brigade of Midshipmen marching onto the field.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Imagine being a teenage Black girl marching for justice in 1963, only to be arrested and confined to a holding cell without beds, a bathroom or proper nourishment.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of marching
Verb
  • The installation and monthly fees related to those alarm systems are also deductible as part of the cost of doing business on those types of properties.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But the third nominee, Robin Williams, still got on stage at the insistence of Nicholson and ended up doing a spot-on imitation of him.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of doing
Verb
  • Some Syrian Americans planned to rally Sunday afternoon, celebrating the end of al-Assad's rule, starting at the Islamic Center of Detroit, a Detroit mosque, and then proceeding with a caravan to the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The names of Bowling and another woman, who’s claims were barred from proceeding to trial, are collectively shown for more than ten seconds in two scenes and a trailer in a similar fashion.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of proceeding
Verb
  • Now the European Accessibility Act is coming.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article A tractor-trailer hauling thousands of pounds of metal beams was involved in a four-car crash on Interstate 395 in Norwich on Tuesday, leading to the beams coming loose and smashing through the cab area of the tractor-trailer, trapping the injured driver inside.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of coming
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Thesaurus Entries Near pacing

pacifying

pacing

pack

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