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stride

UK/stɹaɪd/ US/ˈstraɪd/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a step in walking or running

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2.

the distance covered by a step

  • “he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig”
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3.

significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")

  • “they made big strides in productivity”

verb

1.

walk with long steps

  • “He strode confidently across the hall”
2.

cover or traverse by taking long steps

  • “She strode several miles towards the woods”

Origin

From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”).

Phrases

  • break one's stride
  • break stride
  • get into one's stride
  • giant stride
  • hit one's stride
  • in stride
  • make strides
  • stride bass

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