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STRIDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: stridden    , strode   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Significant progress (especially in the phrase 'make strides')

Example:

they made big strides in productivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

advancement; progress (gradual improvement or growth or development)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A step in walking or running

Synonyms:

pace; stride; tread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

step (the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down)

Holonyms ("stride" is a part of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

Derivation:

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

stride (walk with long steps)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The distance covered by a step

Example:

he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

Synonyms:

footstep; pace; step; stride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("stride" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Derivation:

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

stride (walk with long steps)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover or traverse by taking long steps

Example:

She strode several miles towards the woods

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "stride" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stride (a step in walking or running)

stride (the distance covered by a step)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk with long steps

Example:

He strode confidently across the hall

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "stride" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

stride (a step in walking or running)

stride (the distance covered by a step)

strider (a person who walks rapidly with long steps)

Credits

 Context examples: 

LED sensors embedded in the five-meter walking track captured gait speed and stride length.

(Mental, Not Physical, Fatigue Affects Seniors' Walking Ability, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At last in strode the captain, slammed the door behind him, without looking to the right or left, and marched straight across the room to where his breakfast awaited him.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Wolf Larsen strode aft from amidships, where he had been talking with the rescued men.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I rushed down the garden path, hammered at the door, heard the voice of Gladys within, pushed past the staring maid, and strode into the sitting-room.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A man was striding up the path which led to the door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His height I know that you might roughly judge from the length of his stride.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They have made significant strides in reliably engineering human heart muscle that mimics adult myocardium.

(Early stimulation improves performance of bioengineered human heart cells, National Institutes of Health)

He appeared as tall as an ordinary spire steeple, and took about ten yards at every stride, as near as I could guess.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Your career is blossoming beautifully too, and last month you made huge strides.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Through studying natural systems that have evolved over millions of years, we can make tremendous strides toward constructing systems with unprecedented capabilities, said William Roderick, a researcher at Stanford and lead author of the paper.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)