ACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ACE mean? 

• ACE (noun)
  The noun ACE has 6 senses:

1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

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. proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II

5. a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey

6. a serve that the receiver is unable to reach

  Familiarity information: ACE used as a noun is common.

• ACE (adjective)
  The adjective ACE has 1 sense:

1. of the highest quality

  Familiarity information: ACE used as an adjective is very rare.

• ACE (verb)
  The verb ACE has 4 senses:

1. succeed at easily

2. score an ace against

3. play (a hole) in one stroke

4. serve an ace against (someone)

  Familiarity information: ACE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

1; ace; I; one; single; unity

Context example:

they had lunch at one

Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):

monad; monas (a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive)

singleton (a single object (as distinguished from a pair))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):

ace of clubs (the ace in the club suit)

ace of diamonds (the ace in the diamond suit)

ace of hearts (the ace in the heart suit)

ace of spades (the ace in the spade suit; sometimes taken as a portent of death)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ace; adept; champion; genius; hotshot; maven; mavin; sensation; star; superstar; virtuoso; whiz; whizz; wiz; wizard

Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ace"):

track star (a star runner)

Derivation:

ace (succeed at easily)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ACE; angiotensin-converting enzyme; angiotensin converting enzyme

Hypernyms ("ACE" is a kind of...):

peptidase; protease; proteinase; proteolytic enzyme (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ACE; Allied Command Europe

Hypernyms ("ACE" is a kind of...):

headquarters ((plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff)

Meronyms (members of "ACE"):

SACEUR; Supreme Allied Commander Europe (commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe)

Holonyms ("ACE" is a part of...):

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A serve that the receiver is unable to reach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ace" is a kind of...):

serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)

Derivation:

ace (serve an ace against (someone))

• ACE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the highest quality

Synonyms:

A-one; ace; crack; first-rate; super; tiptop; top-notch; topnotch; tops

Context example:

she is absolutely tops

Similar:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

• ACE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ace    ... he / she / it aces   
Past simple: aced   
Past participle: aced   
-ing form: acing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Succeed at easily

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ace; breeze through; nail; pass with flying colors; sail through; sweep through

Context example:

She nailed her astrophysics course

Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):

make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ace (someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Score an ace against

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

He aced his opponents

Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Play (a hole) in one stroke

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Serve an ace against (someone)

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "ace" is one way to...):

serve (put the ball into play)

Domain category:

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

ace (a serve that the receiver is unable to reach)

 Context examples 

It belongs to the family of drugs called ACE inhibitors.

(Captopril, NCI Dictionary)

Captopril competitively inhibits angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), thereby decreasing levels of angiotensin II, increasing plasma renin activity, and decreasing aldosterone secretion.

(Captopril, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.

(Moexipril, NCI Thesaurus)

Once the prodrug benazepril is metabolized to benazeprilat in the liver, benazeprilat competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.

(Benazeprilat, NCI Thesaurus)

If you need to take an exam or defend your thesis this month or in January, for example, you will likely ace it.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A carboxyl-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.

(Benazepril, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of benazepril, a carboxyl-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.

(Benazepril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of moexipril, a prodrug and non-sulfhydryl angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.

(Moexipril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Perindoprilat inhibits ACE and, thus, the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II; consequently, angiotensin II-mediated vasoconstriction and angiotensin II-stimulated aldosterone secretion from the adrenal cortex are inhibited and diuresis and natriuresis ensue.

(Perindoprilat, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon hydrolysis, the free SH metabolite of pivopril competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.

(Pivopril, NCI Thesaurus)