TO TAKE STEPS

Definition: TO TAKE STEPS

TO TAKE STEPS

1. To take action; to move in a matter.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO TAKE STEPS

In this connection, the special necessities of the regions devastated during the war of 1914-1918 shall be borne in mind; (f) will endeavour to take steps in matters of international concern for the prevention and control of disease. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is important to take steps to avoid potential sports-related problems such as dehydration, overexertion, and hypoglycemia, as these problems can increase the risk of seizures. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

The author of the documentary asserted that "Catholicism is a threat to the very existence of the Belarusian nationality, its psychological health and security" and urged the Government to take steps to protect Orthodoxy. (references)

Indonesia

There is evidence that TNI elements have supported the militias with supplies and training, although such support apparently declined in 2000. In 2000 and during the year, the Government began to take steps to promote the voluntary and safe return of IDP's, for example, by agreeing to settle pension claims for some IDP's who requested repatriation, or resettlement in Indonesia. (references)

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

In 1995, OPIC removed Saudi Arabia from its list of countries approved for OPIC coverage because of Saudi Arabia's failure to take steps to comply with internationally recognized labor standards. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Sao Paulo state prison officials continued to take steps to improve the quality of the guard force. (references)

Paraguay

Cardozo was found to have failed to take steps necessary to ensure that the minors were not enlisted based on falsified birth certificates. (references)

Croatia

Approximately 1,400 occupants of these units are subject to immediate eviction, either because they have received reconstruction assistance for their own houses or because they are multiple or illegal occupants; however, a 1998 program for the return of refugees and displaced persons, which included mechanisms for property restitution and reconstruction, did not have the full force of law and very few properties were actually restituted under this program because both national and local authorities declined to take steps to evict temporary occupants. (references)

Political Economy

TUNISIA

Tunisia has begun to take steps to reform the banking sector in advance of greater competition from foreign banks. (references)

Burundi

The court system has a lengthy case backlog; however, the Government continued to take steps to diminish the backlog. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Discrimination and societal violence against women persists, although the Government continued to take steps to address the problems. (references)

Trade

Guyana

Guyana continues to take steps to liberalize trade regimes; however, the current tariff and tax burden on imports is high. (references)

Women

Korea

Under the law, companies can be fined up to $2,500 (3 million won) for failing to take steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace or failing to punish an offender. (references)

Taiwan

The Ministry of Justice continued to take steps to strengthen the protection of women and children against violence in accordance with the 1999 Domestic Violence and Protection Control Law. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

The Constitution and the Labor Code require employers, including the Government, to take steps to ensure that employees are not placed at risk in their workplaces. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

During the year, the country's major private employer, the oil industry, which is dominated by foreign firms, continued to take steps to reduce government control of hiring in the industry. (references)

Maldives

In 1995 the U.S. Government suspended the country's eligibility for tariff preferences under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences because the Government failed to take steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Danish

tage de skridt,der maatte vaere noedvendige for at sikre,at gebyrer for officielle rejsedokumenter og visa er acceptable (to take steps to ensure that the fees for official travel documents and visas are acceptable), de vil tage skridt til at fremme gunstige betingelser for,at disse fordele goeres tilgaengelige for alle (to take steps to promote conditions favourable to making these benefits available to all). (various references)

Dutch

maatregelen nemen om die omstandigheden te bevorderen die de toegankelijkheid van deze voordelen voor allen begunstigen (to take steps to promote conditions favourable to making these benefits available to all), de maatregelen nemen die nodig kunnen zijn om te bereiken dat de te betalen rechten voor officiële reisdocumenten en visa aanvaardbaar zijn (to take steps to ensure that the fees for official travel documents and visas are acceptable). (various references)

French

prendre les mesures pour faire en sorte que les droits � verser pour obtenir les documents officiels de voyage et les visas soient acceptables (to take steps to ensure that the fees for official travel documents and visas are acceptable), prendre des mesures propres � créer des conditions permettant de rendre ces avantages accessibles � tous (to take steps to promote conditions favourable to making these benefits available to all). (various references)

German

Maßnahmen ergreifen (move, to take measures). (various references)

Hungarian

lépéseket tesz (arrange, to take measures). (various references)

Italian

prendere le misure per far si che gli oneri imposti per il rilascio di documenti ufficiali di viaggio e dei visti siano di entit� accettabile (to take steps to ensure that the fees for official travel documents and visas are acceptable), adoperarsi per promuovere condizioni favorevoli per rendere questi vantaggi accessibili a tutti (to take steps to promote conditions favourable to making these benefits available to all). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

手段�'講じる . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅ� �"�'�"うじる. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay aketay epsstay

Spanish

adoptar medidas para promover condiciones favorables que pongan estos beneficios al alcance de todos (to take steps to promote conditions favourable to making these benefits available to all), adoptar las medidas para hacer de modo que las tarifas de los documentos oficiales de viaje y visados sean aceptables (to take steps to ensure that the fees for official travel documents and visas are acceptable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: posttest, testates.

-4 letters: attests, estates, ketoses, pesetas, petasos, poetess, sapotes, septate, septets, teapots, testate, tsatske.

-5 letters: aptest, attest, eposes, estate, estops, etapes, ketose, paseos, passee, pastes, pattee, peases, pekoes, peseta, pestos, posset, ptoses, sapote, septet, sestet, setose, skates, skeets, spates, speaks, spokes, stakes, stapes, states, steaks, steeks, steeps, stoats, stokes, stopes, tasset, tastes.

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