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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.
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Striding
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noun
Idioms7.
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.
EXPANDa regular or steady course, pace, etc.
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:
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
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
Related forms
strid·er, noun
strid·ing·ly, adverb
out·stride, verb (used with object), -strode, -strid·den, -strid·ing.
Synonyms
12. advance, progress, headway, improvement.
12. advance, progress, headway, improvement.
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDc.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.
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