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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  ACE
       
          1. Advanced Computing Environment.
       
          2. Adaptive Communication Environment.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ace \Ace\ ([=a]s), n.; pl. Aces ([=a]"s[e^]z). [OE. as, F. as,
     fr. L. as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage.
     Cf. As.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card
        or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an
        atom; a jot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I 'll not wag an ace further.         --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Sport) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball,
        rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a
        service stroke.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. [Obs.]
  
     Within an ace of, very near; on the point of. --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  ace \ace\ adj.
     1. of the highest quality an ace reporter
  
     Syn: A-one, first-class, first-rate, super, tip-top,
          topnotch(predicate)
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  ace \ace\ v.
     to get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam. [Colloq.]
     [PJC]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  ACE
       Access Control Entry (AD)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  ACE
       Advanced Computing Environment (manufacturer)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  ACE
       ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet, DOMAIN)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  ACE
       Autonomous Computer Engine (WD)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ace \Ace\, n.; pl. Aces. [OE. as, F. as, fr. L. as, assis,
     unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. As.]
     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.         --Dryden.
  
     To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. [Obs.]
  
     Within an ace of, very near; on the point of. --W. Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ace \Ace\, n.
     A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets,
     etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ace
       adj : 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" [syn: A-one, crack, first-rate,
              super, tiptop, topnotch, tops(p)]
       n 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" [syn: one, 1, I,
             single, unity]
       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 [syn: adept,
           champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius,
           hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
           wiz]
       4: a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an are
          extending from Norway to Turkey [syn: Allied Command
          Europe]
       5: a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
       v 1: succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will
            pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics
            course" [syn: breeze through, pass with flying colors,
             sweep through, sail through, nail]
       2: score an ace against; "He aced his opponents"
       3: play (a hole) in one stroke
       4: serve an ace against (someone)

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     Αγγλικά n.
     άσσος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  -ace
     Italian suf.
     (n-g: used to form adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination to
  the action of the root); -ish, -y
     Old French suf.
     (non-gloss definition: Suffix used to form feminine, usually concrete
  nouns.)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     French n.
     (lb fr tennis) ace#English
     Indonesian n.
     1 (l en elder sister) in Chinese communities.
     2 a term of address to Chinese woman.
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la aceō  2 s pres actv impr)
     Romanian n.
     (plural of ro ac)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es tennis) (l en ace) (gloss: point scored without the opponent
  hitting the ball)
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Ace
     Etruscan roman.
     (romanization of ett 𐌀𐌂𐌄)
     n.
     1 (given name en male).
     2 A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane
  pilots.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ACE
     German n.
     (init of de vitamine A A+vitamine C C+vitamine E E dot=,)
     Italian n.
     (lb it cooking) a flavour/flavor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit%20juice, mainly formed by
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange,
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon juice
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport  Lanzarote  Province of Las
  Palmas Las Palmas  Spain)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     a.
     (senseid en excellent) (lb en UK slang) excellent.
     n.
     1 (lb en card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically
  the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
     2 (lb en dice) A die face marked with a single dot, typically
  representing the number one.
     3 The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
     4 (lb en US slang) A dollar bill.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive US informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.)
  perfectly.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive US informal) To defeat (others) in a contest;
  to outdo (others) in a competition.
     3 (lb en ambitransitive tennis) To win a point against (an opponent)
  by an ace.
     4 (lb en golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
     a.
     (lb en slang) asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
     n.
     (lb en slang) A person who is asexual.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Ace
     n.
     1 (given name en male).
     2 A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane
  pilots.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ACE
     n.
     1 (lb en cinema) A member of (w: American Cinema Editors)
     2 (lb en biochemistry medicine) (initialism of en angiotensin
  converting enzyme)
     {initialism+of|en|(w:+air+combat+element)" rel="nofollow">3 (lb en military NATO) {initialism of|en|(w: air combat element)
     4 (lb en military USMC) {initialism of|en|(w: aviation combat
  element)}
     5 (initialism of en analysis and control element)
     6 (lb en computing) (initialism of en arbitrary code execution)
     7 (lb en computing) (initialism of en access control entry)
     8 (lb en psychology) (initialism of en adverse childhood experience)
     n.
     1 (lb en US education) {initialism of|en|(w lang=en American Council
  on Education)}
     2 (lb en astronautics) {initialism of|en|(w lang=en Advanced
  Composition Explorer)|dot=,} a NASA spacecraft.
     {initialism+of|en|(w+lang=en+American+Cinema+Editors)" rel="nofollow">3 {initialism of|en|(w lang=en American Cinema Editors)
     4 (init of en Attempto Controlled English)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  -ace
     Italian suf.
     (n-g: used to form adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination to
  the action of the root); -ish, -y
     Old French suf.
     (non-gloss definition: Suffix used to form feminine, usually concrete
  nouns.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     French n.
     (lb fr tennis) ace#English
     Italian n.
     (lb it tennis volleyball) (l en ace)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt tennis) (l en ace) (gloss: tennis: point scored without the
  opponent hitting the ball)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es tennis) (l en ace) (gloss: point scored without the opponent
  hitting the ball)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Ace
     n.
     1 (given name en male).
     2 A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane
  pilots.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ACE
     German n.
     (init of de vitamine A A+vitamine C C+vitamine E E dot=,)
     Italian n.
     (lb it cooking) a flavour/flavor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit%20juice, mainly formed by
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange,
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon juice
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport  Lanzarote  Province of Las
  Palmas Las Palmas  Spain)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  -ace
     Italian suf.
     (n-g: used to form adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination to
  the action of the root); -ish, -y
     Old French suf.
     (non-gloss definition: Suffix used to form feminine, usually concrete
  nouns.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     French n.
     (lb fr tennis) ace#English
     Italian n.
     (lb it tennis volleyball) (l en ace)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt tennis) (l en ace) (gloss: tennis: point scored without the
  opponent hitting the ball)
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639: 2&3)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Ace
     n.
     1 (given name en male).
     2 A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane
  pilots.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ACE
     German n.
     (init of de vitamine A A+vitamine C C+vitamine E E dot=,)
     Italian n.
     (lb it cooking) a flavour/flavor of
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit%20juice, mainly formed by
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange,
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon juice
     Translingual sym.
     (IATA César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport  Lanzarote  Province of Las
  Palmas Las Palmas  Spain)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     Englanti n.
     1 (''pelikortti'') ässä
     2 ässä, menestynyt taistelulentäjä
     3 haaste jota ei ole pystytty yrityksistä huolimatta toimittamaan
     4 pätevä, taituri
     5 (yhteys slangi k=en) aseksuaali
     Englanti vb.
     päteä, taitaa, olla haka jossakin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ace
     Engelska a.
     utmärkt
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=spelkort språk=en) äss; valör på spelkort (förkortas A)
     2 en expert
     3 serveäss (i tennis, volleyboll o.dyl.), även hole-in-one i golf
     4 en expert militär pilot
     Engelska vb.
     klara (ett test) galant

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  ace /ˈeɪs/
  aas

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ace /ˈeɪs/
  الآس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ace //eɪs// 
  1. асо́, туз
  card with a single spot
  2. ас 2.
  excellent military aircraft pilot
   3.
  expert
  3. едини́ца, едно́
  single point or spot on a card or die

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  ace /ˈeɪs/
  eso