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Definition of Ace

Ace

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

Ace Quotations

My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar.
Susan Orlean

I give a speech to the black freshmen at Harvard each year, and I say, 'You can like Mozart and ice hockey...' - and then I used to say 'golf,' but Tiger took over golf! - 'and Picasso and still be as black as the ace of spades.'
Henry Louis Gates

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
Bob Schieffer

Also, this is what a pregnant Busy Philipps does in her free time, I'm taking master fondant cake decorating class with Anna from 'Ace of Cakes' at Duff's Charm City Cakes. It's, like, 4 three-hour classes.
Busy Philipps

To me, 'Ace Ventura' is as scriptural and sacred as any movie I've ever done because it's childlike.
Tom Shadyac
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Ace Translations

ace in Danish is es
ace in Dutch is aas
ace in German is As {n}

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