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Ace   /eɪs/   Listen
noun
Ace  n.  (pl. aces)  
1.
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
2.
Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. "I 'll not wag an ace further."
3.
(Sport) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.
To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. (Obs.)
Within an ace of, very near; on the point of.


adjective
ace  adj.  
1.
Of the highest quality "An ace reporter"
Synonyms: A-one, first-class, first-rate, super, tip-top, topnotch(predicate)


verb
ace  v.  To get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam. (Colloq.)





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"Ace" Quotes from Famous Books



... liquor and addle their silly pates to fill my purse. And I have something, boy, put snug away in Dorchester town that will give us bread to eat and beer to drink, even if the throws run still deuce-ace. But we must seek a roof to shelter us when the Why Not? is shut, and 'tis best we leave this Moonfleet of ours for a season, till Maskew finds a rope's end long enough to hang himself withal. So, when our work is done ...
— Moonfleet • J. Meade Falkner
... so did Eve now, when, examining her hand once more to make certain that she had no clubs, she discovered the ace of that ilk peeping coyly out from ...
— Death At The Excelsior • P. G. Wodehouse
... the outset we might very well fail in our design: yet never dreamed of what proved to be the fact, that we should be left four-and-twenty hours in suspense and come within an ace of ultimate rejection. Captain Reid had primed himself; no sooner was the king on board, and the Hennetti question amicably settled, than he proceeded to express my request and give an abstract of my claims and virtues. The gammon about Queen Victoria's son might do for Butaritari; ...
— In the South Seas • Robert Louis Stevenson
... 4thly, A short without either rule or reason before a Consonant or two, with e after, as ace, acre, able, unstable, father, with A long, and solace, massacre, ...
— Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) • G. W.
... wheel-chair, yet, like Hartmann, I could boast of many a good shot; but the skill of Herr Rodiger, the author's father-in-law, was really wonderful. Though his hand trembled constantly from an attack of palsy, I don't know now how many times he pierced the centre of the ace of hearts. ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers


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