- stride
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 stepADJECTIVE▪ long, short▪
In one short stride he reached the window.
▪ quick, slow▪ easyVERB + STRIDE▪ takePREPOSITION▪ in a stride2 way of walkingADJECTIVE▪ loping▪ confident, determined, purposefulVERB + STRIDE▪ lengthen▪He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.
▪ shorten▪ break▪Without breaking her stride she ducked the ball.
▪ match▪He matched his stride to her slower pace.
PHRASES▪ find your stride (figurative), get into your stride (BrE, figurative), hit your stride (figurative, esp. AmE)▪The team took time to get into their stride.
▪The show finally hit its stride in the second season.
3 progressADJECTIVE▪ big, considerable, enormous, giant, great, huge, impressive, rapid, significant, tremendousVERB + STRIDE▪ make▪She's made enormous strides in English this term.
PREPOSITION▪ strides in▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}We have made great strides in areas like employment and housing.
verbADVERB▪ briskly, quickly▪ confidently▪ purposefully▪ angrily▪ ahead, away, off, up, etc.▪He strode off in search of a taxi.
PREPOSITION▪ across, down, out of, past, through, towards/toward, etc.▪She strode purposefully across the stage.
PHRASES▪ come striding▪He came striding up the path.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
