stride

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verb (used without object), strode, strid·den [strid-n] /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.

to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.

to take a long step: to stride across a puddle.

to straddle.

verb (used with object), strode, strid·den [strid-n] /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.

to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck.

to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch.

to straddle.

noun

a striding manner or a striding gait.

a long step in walking.

(in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.

the distance covered by such a movement: He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others.

a regular or steady course, pace, etc.

a step forward in development or progress: rapid strides in mastering algebra.

Nearby words

strictly decreasing function, strictly increasing function, stricture, stricturotomy, stridden, stride, stride piano, stridency, strident, stridently, stridor

Idioms

hit one's stride,

to achieve a regular or steady pace or course.
to reach the point or level at which one functions most competently and consistently: The quarterback didn't hit his stride until the second half of the game.

strides, (used with a plural verb) Australian Informal. trousers.

take in stride, to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride.

Origin of stride

before 900; (v.) Middle English striden, Old English strīdan; cognate with Dutch strijden, Low German strīden to stride; (noun) Middle English stride, derivative of the v.; akin to straddle

SYNONYMS FOR stride

12 advance, progress, headway, improvement.

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Related formsstrid·er, nounstrid·ing·ly, adverbout·stride, verb (used with object), out·strode, out·strid·den, out·strid·ing.

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Examples from the Web for stride

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Once in her stride, she turned her Moomin books into masterpieces of word in consort with image.
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That brassy ploy had caught the Costa Ricans entirely off-guard and had knocked them off their stride.
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It may be what helps him take the more frustrating moments in stride.
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The thing about Malik is he seemed quite comfortable with it, to take it all in his stride.
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Flames stooped in their stride, and licked up their prey, and went on rejoicing.
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At every stride the Southron trod on their heels, and twice they had to abandon stores in order to keep out of his reach.
Monk|Julian Corbett
When speed was required, she attained it by increased length of stride and great vigor of heel.
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From this moment Forrest moves on and upward with the stride of a demigod.
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Her stride from the axle of the wheel to the step higher would have been a graceful spectacle on Alpine crags.
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British Dictionary definitions for stride

stride

/ (straɪd) /

noun

a long step or pace

the space measured by such a step

a striding gait

an act of forward movement by an animal, completed when the legs have returned to their initial relative positions

progress or development (esp in the phrase make rapid strides)

a regular pace or rate of progressto get into one's stride; to be put off one's stride

rowing the distance covered between strokes

Also called: stride piano jazz a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth

(plural) informal, mainly Australian men's trousers

take something in one's stride to do something without difficulty or effort

verb strides, striding, strode or stridden

(intr) to walk with long regular or measured paces, as in haste, etc

(tr) to cover or traverse by stridinghe strode thirty miles

(often foll by over, across, etc) to cross (over a space, obstacle, etc) with a stride

(intr) rowing to achieve the desired rhythm in a racing shell

Derived Formsstrider, noun

Word Origin for stride

Old English strīdan; related to Old High German strītan to quarrel; see straddle

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Word Origin and History for stride (1 of 2)

stride

Old English stridan "to straddle," from Proto-Germanic *stridanan (cf. Middle Low German strede "stride," Dutch strijd, Old High German strit, German Streit "fight, contention, combat," Old Norse striðr "strong, hard, stubborn, severe"), from root *strid- "to strive, make a strong effort." Meaning "to walk with long or extended steps" is from c.1200. Cognate words in most Germanic languages mean "to fight, struggle;" the notion behind the English usage might be the effort involved in making long strides, striving forward.

Word Origin and History for stride (1 of 2)

stride

"a step in walking," Old English stride, from the root of stride (v.). Figurative meaning in make strides "make progress" is from c.1600. To take (something) in stride (1832), i.e. "without change of gait," originally is of horses leaping hedges in the hunting-field; figurative sense attested from 1902. Jazz music stride tempo is attested from 1938.

Idioms and Phrases with stride

stride

see hit one's stride; make great strides; take in stride.

stride

verb (used without object), strode, strid·den [strid-n] /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.

verb (used with object), strode, strid·den [strid-n] /ˈstrɪd n/, strid·ing.

noun

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verb strides, striding, strode or stridden

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