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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
“If you have a system that can ace that database, then it’s game over for mathematicians.”
Madison Hamilton graduated from Canoga Park Senior High School in spring with multiple accolades: She was high school valedictorian with a 4.5 GPA who aced all eight of her AP tests.
You assembled an ace cast that includes a wonderfully quirky ensemble of septuagenarians who portray the residents of the Pacific View Retirement Residence.
"A few months ago, I did a menopause talk for a company and they offered me a health scan in return, which I thought I was going to ace," she said in a video.
She wore her hair short, shot tigers and was an ace polo player.
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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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