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Ace

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ace / ās/ • n. 1. a playing card with a single spot on it, ranked as the highest card in its suit in most card games: the ace of diamonds. ∎  informal Golf a hole in one. 2. inf. a person who excels at a particular sport or other activity: a motorcycle ace. ∎  a pilot who has shot down many enemy aircraft, esp. in World War I or World War II. 3. (in tennis and similar games) a service that an opponent is unable to return and thus wins a point. • adj. inf. very good: an ace swimmer. • v. [tr.] inf. (in tennis and similar games) serve an ace against (an opponent). ∎  Golf score an ace on (a hole) or with (a shot). ∎  get an A or its equivalent in (a test or exam): I aced my grammar test. ∎  (ace someone out) outdo someone in a competitive situation. PHRASES: an ace up one's sleeve (or in the hole) a plan or piece of information kept secret until it becomes necessary to use it. hold all the aces have all the advantages. play one's ace use one's best, often secret, resource.

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Ace

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Ace ♂ Originally a nickname, now fairly commonly used as a given name, especially in the United States. It represents the colloquial term ace, referring to someone who is particularly good at something. This meaning derives, via the notion of being ‘number one’, from the word ace denoting a single item (as for example the lowest (and highest) value in a suit of playing cards). This probably derives from Latin as, the name of a coin of low value.
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ace

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ace throw of one at dice XIII; playing-card bearing one pip (reckoned as of the highest value) XVI; the highest or best XVIII. ME. a(a)s —(O)F. as :- L. as, ass- unit(y).
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ACE

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

ACE Angiotensin converting enzyme, in the blood vessels of the lungs, which activates angiotensin. Many of the drugs for treatment of hypertension are ACE inhibitors.
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

ace n.a military aviator who has shot down more than five enemy aircraft.
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ACE

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ACE • abbr. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Ace

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Ace

a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.
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ACE

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ace •abase, ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case •airbase • freebase • wheelbase •database • steeplechase • paperchase •paleface • typeface • whiteface •boldface • coalface • interface •staircase • briefcase • slipcase •packing case • doorcase • showcase •notecase • pillowcase • suitcase •bookcase • nutcase • marketplace •anyplace • everyplace • showplace •shoelace • bootlace • someplace •Lovelace • fireplace • commonplace •workplace • birthplace • tenace •airspace • aerospace • hyperspace •carapace • workspace • ratrace •millrace • Fuentes • rosace

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ACE

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

ACE Astronomy Advanced Composition Explorer
• advanced computing environment
• Engineering advanced cooled engine
• (eɪs) Advisory Centre for Education
• Med. alcohol-chloroform-ether (anaesthetic)
• (eɪs) Allied Command Europe
• American Council on Education
• (eɪs) Biochem., Med. angiotensin-converting enzyme (as in ACE inhibitor)
• (USA) Army Corps of Engineers
• Association for the Conservation of Energy
• (Member of the) Association of Conference Executives
• Association of Consulting Engineers
• Association of Cultural Exchange
• Australian College of Education
• (eɪs) Computing Automatic Computing Engine
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ACE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ACE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-ACE.html

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