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stride

  [strahyd] verb, strode, strid⋅den  [strid-n] , strid⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
2. to take a long step: to stride across a puddle.
3. to straddle.
–verb (used with object)
4. to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck.
5. to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch.
6. to straddle.
–noun
7. a striding manner or a striding gait.
8. a long step in walking.
9. (in animal locomotion) the act of progressive movement completed when all the feet are returned to the same relative position as at the beginning.
10. the distance covered by such a movement: He was walking a stride or two ahead of the others.
11. a regular or steady course, pace, etc.
12. a step forward in development or progress: rapid strides in mastering algebra.
—Idioms
13. hit one's stride,
a. to achieve a regular or steady pace or course.
b. 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.
14. strides, (used with a plural verb) Australian Informal. trousers.
15. take in stride, to deal with calmly; cope with successfully: She was able to take her sudden rise to fame in stride.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME striden, OE strīdan; c. D strijden, LG strīden to stride; (n.) ME stride, deriv. of the v.; akin to straddle

Related forms:
strider, noun
strid⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
12. advance, progress, headway, improvement.
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stride   (strīd)   
v.   strode (strōd), strid·den (strĭd'n), strid·ing, strides

v.   intr.
  1. To walk with long steps, especially in a hasty or vigorous way.
  2. To take a single long step, as in passing over an obstruction.
  3. To stand or sit astride; straddle.
v.   tr.
  1. To walk with long steps on, along, or over: striding the stage.
  2. To step over or across: stride a brook.
  3. To be astride of; straddle.
n.  
  1. The act of striding.
    1. A single long step.
    2. The distance traveled in such a step.
    3. A single coordinated movement of the four legs of a horse or other animal, completed when the legs return to their initial relative position.
    4. The distance traveled in such a movement.
    1. A single coordinated movement of the four legs of a horse or other animal, completed when the legs return to their initial relative position.
    2. The distance traveled in such a movement.
  4. A step of progress; an advance. Often used in the plural: making great strides in their studies.

[Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan.]
strid'er n.
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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. str[=i]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]

1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. --Dryden.

2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Stride

Stride\, v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. "A debtor that not dares to stride a limit." --Shak.

2. To straddle; to bestride.

I mean to stride your steed. --Shak.

Stride

Stride\, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. --Pope.

God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. --Cowper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stride
Spanish: andar a zancadas,
German: schreiten,
Japanese: 大またに歩く
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stride 
O.E. stridan "to straddle," from P.Gmc. *stridanan (cf. M.L.G. strede "stride," Du. strijd, O.H.G. strit, Ger. Streit "fight, contention, combat," O.N. striðr "strong, hard, stubborn, severe"), from base *strid- "to strive, make a strong effort." Meaning "to walk with long or extended steps" is from c.1200. Cognate words in most Gmc. languages mean "to fight, struggle;" the notion behind the Eng. usage might be the effort involved in making long strides, striving forward. The noun was in O.E.; fig. meaning of make strides "make progress" is from 1600. To take (something) in stride (1832), i.e. "without change of gait" is originally of horses leaping hedges in the hunting-field; fig. sense attested from 1902. Jazz music stride tempo is attested from 1938.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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stride

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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