Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.
- noun A manner of walking; a particular gait.
- noun A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching.
- noun The sound of a footstep.
- noun A footprint.
- noun The distance traversed by moving one foot ahead of the other.
- noun A very short distance.
- noun Course; path.
- noun One of a series of rhythmical, patterned movements of the feet used in a dance.
- noun A rest for the foot in ascending or descending.
- noun Stairs.
- noun Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.
- noun A low platform used for exercise, as in step aerobics.
- noun One of a series of actions, processes, or measures taken to achieve a goal.
- noun A stage in a process.
- noun A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale.
- noun The interval that separates two successive tones of a scale.
- noun A degree of a scale.
- noun Nautical The block in which the heel of a mast is fixed.
- intransitive verb To put or press the foot.
- intransitive verb To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two.
- intransitive verb To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction.
- intransitive verb To move with the feet in a particular manner.
- intransitive verb To move into a new situation by or as if by taking a single step.
- intransitive verb To treat someone with arrogant indifference.
- intransitive verb To put or set (the foot) down.
- intransitive verb To measure by pacing.
- intransitive verb To furnish with steps; make steps in.
- intransitive verb Computers To cause (a computer) to execute a single instruction.
- intransitive verb Nautical To place (a mast) in its step.
- idiom (in step) Moving in rhythm.
- idiom (in step) In conformity with one's environment.
- idiom (out of step) Not moving in rhythm.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Europe, generations and centuries prepared the way for this novelty; medieval philosophy and theocratic organization had been transformed step by step .
A Special Supplement: The Other Dostoevsky Rahv, Philip 1972
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_Following meant keeping in step with God, never missing step_.
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Alice knew his step, she knew _his horse's step_ too well; she had raised herself up, and stretched out both arms towards him before he entered.
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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Alice knew his step, she knew _his horse's step_ too well; she had raised herself up and stretched out both arms towards him before he entered.
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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I was very impressed with your \ "step by step\" approach.
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Slide 13: •Skin butt seam joint ripple C •step 1 mm of the Access cover and skin seam joint • and higher skin is allow to chamfer 1: 3, paint H06-2 step 1. 5 mm of the Engine Access doors, equipment access doors before frame 9 and skin seam joint
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Slide 13: •Skin butt seam joint ripple C •step 1 mm of the Access cover and skin seam joint • and higher skin is allow to chamfer 1: 3, paint H06-2 step 1. 5 mm of the Engine Access doors, equipment access doors before frame 9 and skin seam joint
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\ "step by step\" system that would outline the blueprint you needed to achieve success on the Internet would you do it?
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"And then her voice began _to drop down_, as it were, _from step to step_, -- and _the steps seemed cold and damp, as it went down them lingeringly_: -- 'or for trial, -- disappointment, -- whatever comes!'
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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