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ace
1[ eys ]
noun
- a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- a single spot or mark on a playing card or die.
- (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.)
- Also called service ace. a placement made on a service.
- any placement.
- a serve that the opponent fails to touch.
- the point thus scored.
- a fighter pilot credited with destroying a prescribed number or more of enemy aircraft, usually five, in combat.
an ace at tap dancing.
- Slang. a one-dollar bill.
- Slang. a close friend.
- Golf.
- Also called hole in one. a shot in which the ball is driven from the tee into the hole in one stroke:
He hit a 225-yard ace on the first hole.
- a score of one stroke made on such a shot:
to card an ace.
- Slang. a barbiturate or amphetamine capsule or pill.
- a very small quantity, amount, or degree; a particle:
not worth an ace.
- Slang. a grade of A; the highest grade or score.
verb (used with object)
- (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to win a point against (one's opponent) by an ace.
- Golf. to make an ace on (a hole).
- Slang. to cheat, defraud, or take advantage of (often followed by out ):
to be aced out of one's inheritance;
friend who aced me out of a good job.
- Slang.
- to receive a grade of A, as on a test or in a course (sometimes followed by out ).
- to complete easily and successfully:
He aced every physical fitness test they gave him.
adjective
verb phrase
- Slang. to accomplish something with complete success:
a champion who could ace it every time.
ace
2[ eys ]
noun
- a person who experiences little or no sexual attraction to other people; asexual:
She's an ace, but she's had a couple of romantic relationships.
adjective
- experiencing little or no sexual attraction to other people:
As someone who identifies as ace, this article gave me much food for thought.
ACE
3abbreviation for
- American Council on Education.
- Army Corps of Engineers.
ace
1/ eɪs /
noun
- any die, domino, or any of four playing cards with one spot
- a single spot or pip on a playing card, die, etc
- tennis a winning serve that the opponent fails to reach
- golf a hole in one
- a fighter pilot accredited with destroying several enemy aircraft
- informal.an expert or highly skilled person
an ace at driving
- an ace up one's sleeve or an ace in the holea hidden and powerful advantage
- hold all the acesto have all the advantages or power
- play one's aceto use one's best weapon or resource
- within an ace ofalmost to the point of
he came within an ace of winning
adjective
- informal.superb; excellent
verb
- tennis to serve an ace against
- golf to play (a hole) in one stroke
- to perform extremely well or score very highly in (an examination, etc)
ACE
2/ eɪs /
acronym for
- (in Britain) Advisory Centre for Education; a private organization offering advice on schools to parents
- Allied Command Europe
- angiotensin-converting enzyme See ACE inhibitor
Word History and Origins
Origin of ace1
Origin of ace2
Word History and Origins
Origin of ace1
Idioms and Phrases
- ace up one's sleeve, an important, effective, or decisive argument, resource, or advantage kept in reserve until needed.
- be aces with, Slang. to be highly regarded by:
The boss says you're aces with him.
- easy aces, Auction Bridge. aces equally divided between opponents.
- within an ace of, within a narrow margin of; close to:
He came within an ace of winning.
More idioms and phrases containing ace
- hold all the aces
- within an ace of
Example Sentences
An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
My grandfather lived fast and large—he liked his liquor and his tobacco, and he was also an ace gambler.
Time and time again, we see women being asked to ace some arbitrary test in order to be deemed model victims.
He is getting ready to watch Jack Morris, the Tigers ace, go for win number nineteen against the Toronto Blue Jays.
After the war Valerie married Peter Middleton, a wartime RAF flying ace.
He has drawn a knave and a six; he takes another card; this turns out to be an ace.
It must be an ace or a king and queen above the average if only two suits are protected.
Without an ace, four kings, two queens and a knave are required in order to justify the declaration.
With three honours any two of which are in sequence (not to the ace) the player should lead the higher of the sequence.
The worst throw was when the four pieces exposed the same number on each, and that number an ace.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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