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pacesetter

pacesetter noun: one who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.

Noun

pacesetter (plural pacesetters)

  1. One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.
    • It’s all been a dreadful embarrassment, but why should anyone outside Germany be concerned? Because Documenta was always a pacesetter — and this year’s edition certainly put its finger on a larger shift, seen too in our museums, our art schools and our magazines, away from aesthetic ambition and...2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of pacesetter

pluralpacesetters
alternative formpace-setter
alternative formpace setter

Origin of pacesetter

From pace + setter.

Questions about pacesetter

What does pacesetter mean?
Pacesetter means one who or that which determines the rate of action through leading.
What part of speech is pacesetter?
Pacesetter is a noun.
What is the plural of pacesetter?
The plural of pacesetter is pacesetters.

Words near pacesetter in the dictionary

  1. pacers
  2. paces
  3. paces off
  4. paces oneself
  5. paces out
  6. pacesetter
  7. pacesetters
  8. pacesetting
  9. paceth
  10. Pacetti
  11. Pacettis

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