ace
IPA: ˈeɪs
noun
- (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
- (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
- The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
- (US, slang) A dollar bill.
- A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
- (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
- (US, baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
- (US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
- (sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
- A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
- (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (physics, obsolete) A quark.
- (slang) A person who is asexual.
- A male given name.
- A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane pilots.
- (file format) A proprietary data compression archive file format.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- (US, education) Initialism of American Council on Education.
- (astronautics) Initialism of Advanced Composition Explorer, a NASA spacecraft.
- Initialism of American Cinema Editors.
- Initialism of Attempto Controlled English. [A subset of English with restricted syntax and semantics described by a small set of formal rules, suitable for knowledge representation and specification or as a query language.]
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme. [(biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes the creation of angiotensin, and is a strong vasoconstrictor.]
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
verb
- (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
- (transitive, intransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
- (transitive, intransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
- (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
adjective
- (UK, slang) Excellent.
- (slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
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Examples of "ace" in Sentences
- The ACE project was overambitious.
- Ace is the lowest card in the draw.
- The ace of spades counts as the car.
- Play the ace on the first spade trick.
- He was one of the final aces in the war.
- In the example above it was the Ace of Hearts.
- In the second round, the ace will drop the king.
- The ace is the highest card in play and in cutting.
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