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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stride /straɪd/USA pronunciation v., strode/stroʊd/USA pronunciation strid•den /ˈstrɪdən/USA pronunciation strid•ing, n. v. [no object] - to walk with a long step or steps:He strode out the door in a huff.
n. [countable] - a long step in walking:He took two quick strides to the door.
- the distance covered in a stride.
- a step forward in development or progress:The country has made great strides in the improvement of roads and bridges.
Idioms- Idioms, hit one's stride:
- to achieve a steady pace.
- to reach the level at which one works or functions best:The pitcher finally hit his stride, winning six games in a row.
- Idioms take (something) in stride, [take + object + in + ~] to deal with (something) calmly:He took the defeat in stride.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stride (strīd),USA pronunciation v., strode, strid•den (strid′n),USA pronunciation strid•ing, n. v.i. - to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- to take a long step:to stride across a puddle.
- to straddle.
v.t. - 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.
n. - a striding manner or a striding gait.
- a long step in walking.
- Animal Behavior(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.
- 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.
- British Terms, British Terms strides, (used with a pl. v.)[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.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English striden, Old English strīdan; cognate with Dutch strijden, Low German strīden to stride; (noun, nominal) Middle English stride, derivative of the verb, verbal; akin to straddle
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged advance, progress, headway, improvement.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stride /straɪd/ n - 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 progress: to get into one's stride, to be put off one's stride
- Also called: stride piano a piano style characterized by single bass notes on the first and third beats and chords on the second and fourth
- (plural) informal chiefly Austral men's trousers
- take something in one's stride ⇒ to do something without difficulty or effort
vb (strides, striding, strode, stridden)- (intransitive) to walk with long regular or measured paces, as in haste, etc
- (transitive) to cover or traverse by striding: he strode thirty miles
- often followed by over, across, etc: to cross (over a space, obstacle, etc) with a stride
Etymology: Old English strīdan; related to Old High German strītan to quarrel; see straddleˈstrider n |