Definition of Ace
Noun: ace eys
- The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
"he has the ace but will need a two and three to go with it";
- one, 1, I, single, unity
- One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
- Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz, megastar
- A serve that the receiver is unable to reach
- Easily do well at; pass perfectly
"You will ace";
- breeze through, pass with flying colors [US], sweep through, sail through, nail, pass with flying colours [Brit, Cdn]
- Score an ace against
"He aced his opponents"
- (golf) play (a hole) in one stroke
- (tennis) serve an ace against (someone)
- Of the highest quality
"an ace reporter";
- A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops
- (informal) brilliant; very good
- storming [Brit], blinding [Brit], stonking [Brit], brill [Brit], wicked, def, magic [Brit], smokin', smoking, super, sick [N. Amer]
- A major strategic headquarters of NATO safeguarding an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- Allied Command Europe
- Proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
- angiotensin converting enzyme, angiotensin-converting enzyme
See also:
accustoms
acebutolol
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