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steps

/stɛps/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
  2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
  3. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
  4. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
  5. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
  6. A small space or distance.
  7. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
  8. To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
  9. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
  10. To move mentally; to go in imagination.
  11. To set, as the foot.
  12. To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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