Of things: Swiftness, rapidity, velocity, of direct or circular movement; rate of motion or revolution.

The rate at which a person or animal takes steps, or moves by stepping. Cf. pace, n.1 4b. Obsolete.

Rate of movement in general, or of action represented as movement; the speed at which something happens, changes, or develops. Cf. apace, adv.

A stretch of ground travelled over. Also, length of stride; speed in travelling, pace.

Speed of movement; the pace at which distance is covered; the speed of (a mode of) travel. Chiefly with modifying adjective indicating the degree…

spec. Relative rapidity; rate of motion.

As a count noun: a rate, a speed. Now rare.

Scottish. Rate of speed; pace.

dialect and slang. Beat, rate of stroke or speed, pace; in Scottish dialect rate, manner, style.

A (specified) rate of speed; a rapid pace or motion. colloquial.

transferred and figurative. The rate of motion or activity (of someone or something).

(a) the rate at which work is done, the amount of work done in a period of time; (b) the amount of effort expended by a person in a sport or game…

Regulation of the speed at which something occurs or develops; the speed itself, or any variation within it; pace, tempo. Cf. pace, v. 5b.