ace

adj

Etymology: Clipping of asexual.

1. Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.

   “"Some people who identify as ace fall under the GLBT umbrella while many others do not. Members of the queer movement have reached out to asexuals to include them in their community. The acronym for this has now become GLBTQA (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and asexual)."”

   ““I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.””

name

1. Initialism of American Council on Education.
2. Initialism of Advanced Composition Explorer, a NASA spacecraft.
3. Initialism of American Cinema Editors.
4. Initialism of Attempto Controlled English.
5. A proprietary data compression archive file format.

noun

1. A member of American Cinema Editors
2. Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
3. Initialism of air combat element.
4. Initialism of aviation combat element.
5. Initialism of analysis and control element.
6. Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
7. Initialism of access control entry.
8. Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.

   “Because the DNS requires that a domain name be in an ACE format, IDNA proposes that client applications, such as a web browser, manage the character conversion internally.”

9. Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
10. Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as.

1. To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
2. To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
3. To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
4. To make an ace (hole in one).