- pacesetter
- pacesetter pacesetter n.
A horse used to set the pace in racing.
Syn: pacer, pacemaker. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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pacesetter — pace‧set‧ter [ˈpeɪsˌsetə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a company that is more successful than its competitors because it develops new products, methods etc before they do: • the pacesetter for the airline industry * * * pacesetter UK US /ˈpeɪsˌsetər/… … Financial and business terms
Pacesetter — may refer to:*Pacesetter Ltd, a defunct company that published role playing and board games *Pacemaker (track), a runner used to help establish fast racing times … Wikipedia
pacesetter — index pioneer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pacesetter — [n] pacemaker bellwether, forerunner, leader, pacer, pioneer; concepts 347,354 … New thesaurus
pacesetter — [pās′set΄ər] n. PACEMAKER (sense 1) … English World dictionary
pacesetter — [[t]pe͟ɪssetə(r)[/t]] pacesetters also pace setter 1) N COUNT A pacesetter is someone who is in the lead during part of a race or competition and therefore decides the speed or standard of the race or competition for that time. Real s victory… … English dictionary
pacesetter — pace|set|ter [ˈpeıs setə US ər] n also pacemaker 1.) a person or team that is winning in a competition, and that others have to try to defeat ▪ That left him three strokes behind the pacesetter, Parry. 2.) a person or company that is considered… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pacesetter — UK [ˈpeɪsˌsetə(r)] / US [ˈpeɪsˌsetər] noun [countable] Word forms pacesetter : singular pacesetter plural pacesetters a company, style, idea etc that is so successful that other people copy it or are influenced by it … English dictionary
pacesetter — noun (C) 1 a team that is ahead of others in a competition 2 someone or something that sets an example for others: Industry is the pacesetter of modern life. 3 someone who runs at the front at the beginning of a race and sets the speed at which… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pacesetter — noun 1. a leading instance in its field the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations • Syn: ↑pacemaker • Hypernyms: ↑exemplar, ↑example, ↑model, ↑good example 2. a horse used to set the pac … Useful english dictionary
