Ace

Definition: Ace

Ace

Adjective

1. (informal) of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops".

Noun

1. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one".

2. One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face.

3. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.

4. A serve that the receiver is unable to reach.

Verb

1. Succeed at an exam easily and do very well; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors".

2. Score an ace against; "He aced his opponents".

3. Play in one stroke; of holes, in golf.

4. Serve an ace against (someone), in tennis.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Ace" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the highest rank".

Date "ace" was first used: sometime in the early 13th century. (references)

Etymology: Ace \Ace\, noun; plural Aces. [Old English as, French as, from Latin as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Compare to As.]. (references)

Computing

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Health

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Ace

Amusement

Ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce; joker; trump, wild card.

Nearness

Within hearing, within earshot; within an ace of; but a step, not far from, at no great distance; on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of; in the environs; Noun: at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side; on the tip of one's tongue; under one's nose; within a stone's throw; Noun: in sight of, in presence of; at close quarters; cheek by jole, cheek by jowl; beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete; in juxtaposition; (touching); yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of; on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to; in the way.

Smallness

Small quan modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive; snip, snippet; snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair.

Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.

Unity

One, unit, ace; individual; none else, no other.

Crosswords: Ace

Tom Ace, damn glad to meet you. Congratulations on all your success (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; writing credit: Jack Bernstein, Jim Carrey, Tom Shadyac)

Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls; writing credit: Steve Oedekerk)

I don't believe you've met my young friend Ace, an expert in calorification, incineration, carbonization, and inflammation (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Come on, Ty, you're an ace! Everybody knows it (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

Now to mention the money I'd save on epsom salts and ace bandages (Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Howard Ashman)

And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep ("The Gambler"; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

Ace o nerae (1973)

The Ace of Space (1953)

Mr. Ace (1946)

Ace in the Hole (1942)

The Ace of Spades (1935)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ace Cash Express, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Ace Dynamics Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• ACE KOEKI Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• ACE Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Ace Technology Corp: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Ace the IT Job Interview! (reference)

• Ace the IT Resume! (reference)

• C++ Network Programming, Vol. 1: Mastering Complexity with ACE and Patterns (reference)

• Consulting Interviews: Ace Your Case (reference)

• How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ace (reference)

• Ace Annual Report (reference)

• Ace Bulletin (reference)

• Ace Dialogue (reference)

• Ace Directory (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (reference)

• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (reference)

• Reilly: The Ace of Spies (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Curiosities: The Ace '70s Singles and Sessions (reference)

• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Johnny Ace Memorial Album (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (reference)

• Adtran Nt1 Ace 3 Standalone Triple ISDN Br (reference)

• Adtran Tsu Ace T1 FT1 DSU/CSU NX56/NX64 1.536 MBps D4-SF/ESF (reference)

• Franklin SA-206 Spelling Ace with Thesaurus (reference)

• HARMONIC VISION Music Ace 2 ( Windows / Macintosh ) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Garrett Treasure Ace 300 Metal Detector (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve. A birder enjoys a winter morning observing the many species found on Bear Island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Halftone photo spread from Our Navy at War by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy during World War I. It features a portrait photograph of Lieutenant David S. Ingalls, the U.S. Navy's first aerial "ace" (right), and a view of Lieutenant George H. Ludlow seated in an Italian-built Macchi M.5 flying boat (left). Inset is a photograph of Ensign Charles H. Hammann, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing Ludlow on 21 August 1918. Credit: NAVY.

Jane and Goodman Ace, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] / Ray Lee Jackson, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

ACE - Angiotensin-coverting enzyme. (references)

Taking an ACE inhibitor if you have diabetes. (references)

Impaired pumping function of the heart may be treated with digitalis drugs or ACE inhibitors. (references)

Business

European firms dominate the ACE services market. (references)

Competition from European ACE companies is strong. (references)

Local ACE firms services should continue to be major players. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

The following data gives the approximate market size for ACE services. (references)

Turkey

U.S. ACE firms are highly regarded in Turkey, although they face stiff competition from European and Japanese firms. (references)

Hungary

However, industry sources estimate that, on average, forty percent of the total investment in a project is attributable to ACE. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "ace": ace in the hole ♦ ACE Inhibitor ♦ ace of club ♦ ace of clubs ♦ ace of diamonds ♦ ace of hearts ♦ ace of spades ♦ ace of trumps ♦ ACE Rev.1 ♦ an ace of ♦ as black as the ace of spades ♦ have an ace up one's sleeve ♦ he is an ace ♦ To bate an ace ♦ within an ace of ♦ within an ace of doing. Additional references.

Beginning with "ace": ace-compatible, ace-compliant, ace-funded, ace-high, ace-inhibitors, ace-in-the-hole, ace-king.

Ending with "ace": Ambs-ace, Ames-ace, deuce-ace, f-ace, flying-ace, goal-ace, try-ace.

Afrikaans

aas (attraction, carrion). (various references)

Albanian

As (naught, neither, nor), Njësh (one), Ekspert (adept, assessor, experienced, expert, professional, proficient, pundit, skilful, skillful, troubleshooter, valuer, wizard). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طيار يسقط خمس طائرات عدوة على الأقل, ‏ذرة كمية قليلة جدا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Отличен, Първокласен, Асо, Ас, Звезда, Ек, Едно, Туз, Точка Спечелена С Един Удар, Шампион. (various references)

Chinese 

么點 , 一点 (Aces). (various references)

Czech

Eso. (various references)

Danish

es (Kingdom of Spain, Spain). (various references)

Dutch

aas (bait, carrion). (various references)

Esperanto

aso. (various references)

Faeroese

ess. (various references)

Farsi 

نقطه (Dot, Iota, Jot, Mark, Part, Plot, Point, Prick, Speck, Speckle, Splotch, Spot, Stop), کلمات میاید, تک خال زدن , تک خال , ستاره یاقهرمان تیم های بازی , ذره (Bit, Corpuscle, Dust, Grain, Iota, Jot, Nip, Particle, Scruple, Shred, Speck, Vestige, Whit), اس , درشرف (About, Eve). (various references)

Finnish

ässä. (various references)

French

as. (various references)

Frisian

aas. (various references)

German

As (altostratus). (various references)

Greek 

παρεμβάλλω χρονικό διάστημα (lead, white out), άσσοσ, άσος, αραιώνω (dilute, rarefy, space, space out, thin), αφήνω διάστημα (lead, white out), διαχωρίζω (demarcate, disconnect, disembroil, disintegrate, dissever, dissociate, isolate, partition, segregate, separate, sever). (various references)

Hebrew 

־ומחה. (various references)

Hungarian

Kiválóság (distinction, eminence, excellence, excellency, leading man, mastery, personage, pre eminence, prominence, splendour, worthy), él-, Ász, bombaszerva, első helyen álló, fő-fő, fogadhatatlan adogatás, ász (hot), Kitûnõ (classic, classical, distinguished, excellent, first class, good, goody, prominent, special), vezérhajó (admiral, admiral-ship, Commodore, leading ship), krekk, menő (going, hip, posh, pro, slick, spiffy, trendy, whiz), mesterpilóta, nagyágyú (big gun, great gun, hot shot, hotshot), nagyszerű (admirable, bitching, bodacious, grandiose, hunky-dory, magnificent, phenomenal, pompous, splendid, sublime, superb, tiptop), Nagyszerû (admirable, champion, Dandy, goody, gorgeous, grandiose, jolly, magnificent, superb), rajvezető gép, sztár (headliner, leading lady, star), kitűnőség (celebrity, eminence, excellence, prominence, transcendence, transcendency). (various references)

Indonesian

as (axis, axle), ahli (connoisseur, expert, highly competent, profession, skilled, specialist), terpandai, kartu as, jago (great, magnate). (various references)

Italian

asso (crack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ゴルフ場 (circle, circlet, circlip, circuit, circuit breaker, circuit training, circular fluorescent lamp, circular skirt, circulation, circulator, circumscribe, circumscription, circus, club, Gauloise, golf course, golf links, gondola, gong, goods or services without charge, grounder, saber, sabre, sabre-toothed tiger, sardine, sardonyx, search, searcher, searchlight, serge, sergeant, servant, serve, serve point, server, service, service area, service car, service girl, service room, service station, service yard, snap ring, sports club, support system, surcharge, surf cast, surf casting, surf rider, surf roller, surf ski, surf trolling, surfboard, surfer, surfing, surge, surveillance, survey, Surveyor, third, thirty), ウロン酸 (acre, age, age shooter, age-group, ageing, ageism, agency, agent, aging, agism, ether, someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment., undine, uronic acid). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

サービスエース , エース . (various references)

Korean 

에이스 (Aces). (various references)

Manx

ard-olloo. (various references)

Papiamen

as (bait). (various references)

Pig Latin

aceay.(various references)

Polish

żadna ilość (not an ace). (various references)

Portuguese

ás. (various references)

Romanian

As (champion, nailer), Unu (one), Expert (adept, authority, connoisseur, dab, dabster, Don, expert, proficient, specialist), De Prima Calitate (classy, super, tiptop), Cantitate Foarte Micã, Campion (champ, champion, defender). (various references)

Russian 

Очко, Ас, ас, Туз. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

as. (various references)

Spanish

as (artist, cannon, gun, shark). (various references)

Swedish

Stjärna (asterisk, pip, star), Ess, Överdängare, äss (aces), Äss. (various references)

Turkish

As (crack, Ermine, stoat). (various references)

Ukrainian

Очко. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vận động viên xuất sắc, quân xì. (various references)

Welsh

as (donkey, particle). (various references)

as. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ace": aced, acedia, acedias, aceldama, aceldamas, acellular, acentric, acephalous, acequia, acequias, acerate, acerated, acerb, acerbate, acerbated, acerbates, acerbating, acerber, acerbest, acerbic, acerbically, acerbities, acerbity, acerola, acerolas, acerose, acerous, acervate, acervuli, acervulus, aces, acescent, acescents, aceta, acetabula, acetabular, acetabulum, acetabulums, acetal, acetaldehyde, acetaldehydes, acetals, acetamid, acetamide, acetamides, acetamids, acetaminophen, acetaminophens, acetanilid, acetanilide, acetanilides. (additional references)

Words ending with "ace": aerospace, airspace, ambsace, amesace, anlace, anyplace, apace, backspace, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, boniface, bootlace, brace, bullace, carapace, catface, commonplace, crawlspace, cyberspace, dace, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, enface, enlace, everyplace, face, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, fullface, furnace, glace, grace, grimace, headrace, headspace, horserace, hydrospace, hyperspace, hypersurface, inlace, interface. (additional references)

Words containing "ace": adjacencies, adjacency, adjacent, adjacently, aerospaces, airspaces, alliaceous, ambsaces, amesaces, amphimacer, amphimacers, anlaces, anthracene, anthracenes, anthraces, araceous, arenaceous, argillaceous, backspaced, backspaces, barefaced, barefacedly, barefacedness, barefacednesses, belaced, benzanthracene, benzanthracenes, biacetyl, biacetyls, bifaces, birthplaces, blackfaces, boldfaced, boldfaces, bonifaces, bootlaces, boraces, braced, bracelet, bracelets, bracer, bracero, braceros, bracers, braces, bullaces, camphoraceous, carapaces, carbonaceous, catfaces, cephalothoraces. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aac, Aace, aae, Aake, abcd, abe, aca, acab, Acak, acan, acaw, acca, acce, accen, acci, Accm, acco, accr, accs, Accu, acd, Acde, acel, acen, acet, acev, acey, Acg, aci, acic, acie, acii, acil, acir, acj, acle, aco, acoe, acog, acol, Acom, acop, acoy, acq, acr, acs, acte, actea, actem, acu, acue, acuem, acy, acz, Aczel, adcm, ade, ae, aece, Aeci, Aecl, Aej, afc, afcf, afe, afee, Afej, Agca, ahc, ahe, aice, Aico, aie, Ajc, aje, ak, Akao, Akcay, Akey, akg, Akh, akhe, aki, ako, akoe, akp, Akue, alce, Alcee, Alceu, Amca, amcee, ame, Ance, ancel, anci, Aoe, Aqc, arce, asche, Ascj, ase, Asef, asem, Asev, asex, ashe, asi, asoe, asse, asu, Atca, Auca, Aucbe, aue, avc, Avco, avcom, Awcc, Ayce, ays, Ayse, bacce, bce, Caex, cce, ec, eca, ecca, eccen, Ecci, ece, eci, Ecv, ecz, Hce, jace, jaci, kace, Nce, oce, ocee, Oec, pce, qac, sacha, tce, Uca, uce, vace, vce, wacee, xci. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ae.

+1 letter: aced, aces, ache, acme, acne, acre, alec, cade, cafe, cage, cake, came, cane, cape, care, case, cate, cave, ceca, dace, each, face, lace, mace, pace, race, tace.

+2 letters: acerb, aceta, ached, aches, ackee, acmes, acned, acnes, acred, acres, acted, acute, aecia, alecs, amice, apace, arced, areca, areic, beach, becap, brace, caber, cable, cache, cades, cadet, cadge, cadre, caeca, cafes, caged, cager, cages, cagey, caked, cakes, cakey, calve, camel, cameo, cames, caned, caner, canes, canoe, caped, caper, capes, cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, carle, carse, carte, carve, cased, cases, caste, cater, cates, cause, caved, caver, caves, cavie, cawed, cease, cecal, cedar, ceiba, cella, ceria, cesta, chafe, chape, chare, chase, cheap, cheat, chela, clade, clave, clean, clear, cleat, comae, coxae, crake, crane, crape, crate, crave, craze, creak, cream, cymae, daces, dance, decaf, decal, decay, eclat, enact, epact, erica, escar, exact, faced, facer, faces, facet, farce, fecal, glace, grace, hacek, hance, ileac, laced, lacer, laces, lacey, lance, leach, lycea, maced, macer, maces, mache, macle, mecca, nacre, nance, ocean, ocrea, paced, pacer, paces, peace, peach, pecan, place, raced, racer, races, rance, reach, react, recap, recta, saice, sauce, scale, scape, scare, scena, serac, space, taces, tacet, tache, teach, tecta, theca, trace, wacke.