stride

stride
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noun
1 step
ADJECTIVE
long, short

In one short stride he reached the window.

quick, slow
easy
VERB + STRIDE
take
PREPOSITION
in a stride
2 way of walking
ADJECTIVE
loping
confident, determined, purposeful
VERB + 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 progress
ADJECTIVE
big, considerable, enormous, giant, great, huge, impressive, rapid, significant, tremendous
VERB + STRIDE
make

She's made enormous strides in English this term.

PREPOSITION
strides in

We have made great strides in areas like employment and housing.

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verb
ADVERB
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.


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  • stride — stride …   The Old English to English

  • stride — stride …   English to the Old English

  • Stride — can stand for: * STRIDE (MALAYSIA),Science And Technology Research Institute For Defence * A step (ie. part of walking) * In music: ** STRIDE An indie rock n roll band from North East Scotland ** Stride (music), a type of piano playing ** Stride… …   Wikipedia

  • Stride — bezeichnet: Stride Piano oder Ragtime Stride, einen Musikstil Stride ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888), britische Prostituierte und Opfer des Serienmörders „Jack the Ripper“ …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • stride — ► VERB (past strode; past part. stridden) 1) walk with long, decisive steps. 2) (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. ► NOUN 1) a long, decisive step. 2) the length of a step or manne …   English terms dictionary

  • stride — [strīd] vi. strode, stridden, striding [ME striden < OE stridan, akin to Ger streiten, to quarrel < IE * streidh < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE, STARVE] 1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner …   English World dictionary

  • Stride — Stride, v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. A debtor that not dares to stride a limit. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To straddle; to bestride. [1913 Webster] I mean to stride your steed. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stride — Stride, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[=i]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[=i]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stride — Stride, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. [1913 Webster] God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stride — ● stride nom masculin (anglais stride, enjambée) Style de piano issu du ragtime, caractérisé par l alternance à la main gauche d une note basse sur les temps forts et d un accord plaqué sur les temps faibles …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stride — (engl., spr. ßtraid , »weiter Schritt«), Ausgriff eines Pferdes, besonders bei Rennpferden die Weite des Galoppsprunges, die Räumigkeit der Bewegung; ein Pferd mit gutem S. deckt mit jedem Sprung viel Terrain …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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