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ace (iou)



ace noun, verb, & adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French as from Latin as unity.]
A. noun.
The 'one' on dice, later also on playing-cards or dominoes; a throw of 'one', or a card etc. so marked (in some card-Games reckoned as of the highest value). ME.
AMBS-ACE. deuce ace [Old French] two aces at one throw (now taken as deuce + ace = 2 + 1; so trey ace, sice ace, etc.). an ace up one's sleeve, N. Amer. an ace in the hole something effective in reserve. play one's ace use one's best resource.
b. In tennis etc.: an unreturnable shot, now spec. a service that an opponent fails to touch; a point scored. E19.
c. Golf. A hole in one. E20.
fig. A single point; a jot, a particle, an atom; a hair's breadth. E16.
bate an ace arch. make the slightest abatement. within an ace of on the very point of, within a hair's breadth of.
a. In the wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45: a pilot who brought down many enemy aircraft. E20.
b. gen. A person who excels at something. E20.
P. G. Wodehouse George Bevan's all right. He's an ace.
Comb.: ace-high adjective (N. Amer. colloq.) highly valued.
b. verb.
verb trans.
a. In tennis etc.: score an ace against (an opponent). L19.
b. Golf. Complete (a hole) in one stroke. M20.
verb trans. & intrans. Achieve the top grade in (an examination etc.). Also foll. by out. N. Amer. slang. M20.
ace it achieve the top grade.
C. adjective. First-class, excellent. colloq. M20.

Ile-de-France hotels (tourism)


All hotels, hostels and Other accomodation in the administrative region of Ile-de-France in France.