Ace

Ace is a term used in multiplayer gaming to refer to a single player that kills all enemy players by himself. It is often used in first-person shooters (FPS) such as Call of Duty and Halo.

A baseball term that refers to a team's best starting pitcher.

Each MLB team aims to have an ace that they can go to when they need a good pitching performance. An ace is a starting pitcher who starts the game and is meant to pitch at least 5 innings to help his team win the game. If a pitcher can't finish the game, he is replaced by a relief pitcher. A very good ace is necessary in order to have any success in the postseason.

Ace means "Asexual," which is when a person experiences little to no sexual desire or attraction toward others. It is typically used to label a person's sexual orientation.

The term was coined in the mid-2000s but did not become popular until the mid-2010s as more "alternative" communities formed online and gained exposure. Ace can be considered an abbreviation since it comes from the phonetic pronunciation first three letters of "Asexual."

A person who identifies as an "ace" still desires intimate and sometimes romantic relationships with people, but just does not want to be sexually engaged with them. Aces fall on a spectrum since there are many variations of asexual behavior among the Ace community.

Generally, to ace something means to complete that task without making a mistake. Most often, students use ace to describe instances in which they got full marks on an exam. However, others may say they "aced it" after successfully (and spectacularly) completing any type of test or task.

How exactly ace came to mean to complete a task successfully is unknown. However, this meaning may be:

• A transplant from tennis, in which an ace is a serve an opponent couldn't return
• Derived from the ace playing card, which in many card games, is the card with the highest value
• Related to the fact that, in many school systems, an A (or ace) is the highest possible grade