Step By Step

  

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Step By Step

Definition: Step By Step

Step By Step

Adverb

1. In a gradual manner; "the snake moved gradually toward its victim".

2. Proceeding in steps; "the voltage was increased stepwise".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Step By Step

Synonyms: bit by bit (adv), gradually (adv), stepwise (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Step By Step

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Continuity

Adverb: continuously; Adjective: seriatim; in a line; Noun: in succession, in turn; running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch; in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.

Degree

Adverb: by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto; however, howsoever; step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop; a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little; in some degree, in some measure; to some extent; di grado in grado.

Order

Adverb: in order; methodically; Adjective: in -turn, - its turn; step by step; by regular -steps, -gradations, -stages, -intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim; at stated periods; (periodically).

Slowness

Gradually; Adjective: gradatim; by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little; step by step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim; consecutively.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Step By Step

English words defined with "step by step": By degreesDribPedetentous, pyramid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "step by step": data flowPied Piper of Hamelin. (references)

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Modern Usage: Step By Step

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Step by step ooh baby (STEP BY STEP; performing artist: New Kids On The Block)

Clever

Adult Education Topic: How to fill up the ice cube trays. Step by step, with slide presentation. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Step by Step (1946)

Chase Step by Step (1982)

Song Titles

Step By Step (performing artist: New Kids On The Block)

Step By Step (performing artist: Whitney Houston)

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

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Commercial Usage: Step By Step

DomainTitle

Books

  • How to Get SSI & Social Security Disability: An Insider's Step by Step Guide (reference)

  • Annulment: A Step by Step Guide for Divorced Catholics (reference)

  • Step by Step Microsoft Sql Server 2000 Programming (Dv-Dlt Fundamentals) (reference)

  • 1-2-3 Draw Wild Animals: A Step by Step Guide (123 Draw) (reference)

  • Teaching Children's Gymnastics: Spotting and Securing: Step by Step With Thousands of Ideas--From 'With Each Other' to Be Able to Help (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Canine Courtesy : Step by Step Solutions for Training your Dog (reference)

  • Celtic Feet: Irish Dancing Step by Step (reference)

  • Step by Step Handrail Installations (reference)

  • Step by Step Guide to Naturopathy - Natural Health & Healing (reference)

  • The Foam Book Video- Nip and Tuck Method: A Step by Step Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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

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Photo Album: Step By Step

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is the cover of the publication from Kellogg's titled "Good News". It was "A Step by Step Guide to a High Fiber Diet". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

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

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Familiar Quotations: Step By Step

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Smiles

Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk -- step by step.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Step By Step

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

In such a matter we can only go step by step, but we must begin now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Step By Step

TitleAuthorQuote

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Thus they went onward, not boldly, but step by step, into the themes that were brooding deepest in their hearts.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As this is the history of many minds of our time, we deem it useful to follow these phases step by step, and to indicate them all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Step By Step

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Let's create an imaginary scenario and go through the process step by step. Say you have a storage room in your home that you hardly ever enter. (references)

In addition, educational material to accompany this information should be prepared that will lead women step by step through the process of using such information in the best possible way for reaching a decision. (references)

Business

The market will be opened in a step by step process over a transition period of six years. (references)

Switzerland's new Energy Market Law includes a six years, step by step time frame to give third party access to the grid. Individual households and consumers will have to wait until the year 2007 to be allowed to freely choose their supplier of electrical energy. (references)

Political Rights

Mali

Despite governmental pressure to move ahead with decentralization, the nonparliamentary opposition says that the Government is moving too fast and should implement the process step by step as administrators lack adequate funding to govern effectively. (references)

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

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Speeches: Step By Step

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Let's do it step by step.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Step By Step

Expressions using "step by step": step by step adjusting command step by step operation step by step variable gear step by step with. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Step By Step

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

step by step

499

step by step tv show

128

step by step cast

62

step by step drawing

29

sitcom step by step

27

step by step origami

15

better home garden step by step deck project

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Step By Step

Language Translations for "step by step"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

постепенен (gradual, insensible, progressive). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

逐步 (progressively), 步步 (at every step). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skridtsvejsning (step by step welding), trinvis beherskelse af processen (step by step command of the process), tringear (multi-speed drive, step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), trinændringsordre (incremental command, regulating step command, step by step adjusting command), trinændringskommando (incremental command, regulating step command, step by step adjusting command). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stapsgewijs rollassen (step by step welding), stapcommando (incremental command, regulating step command, step by step adjusting command), variabele snelheidsregeling (multi-speed drive, step by step variable gear, step-by-step variable speed transmission, step-by-step variable transmission, stepped drive), trapsgewijze uitvoering van het proces (step by step command of the process). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aste asteelta (by degrees), askel askeleelta. (various references)

   

French

  

petit petit, pas pas. (various references)

   

German

  

allmählich (bit by bit, by and by, by degrees, gradual, gradually, little by little, piecemeal). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βήμα βήμα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ב" בב" (alongside, step by step with). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lépésről lépésre (stepwise). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tindak demi tindak. (various references)

   

Italian

  

graduale (gradational, gradual). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

歩一歩 , 一歩一歩 (by degrees). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほいっぽ, いっぽいっぽ (by degrees). (various references)

   

Manx

  

keim er cheim. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

epstay ybay epstay

   

Portuguese

  

passo a passo (inchmeal). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pas cu pas. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

постепенно (bit by bit, by degrees, by step, gradually, insensibly, little by little). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paso a paso (one step at a time). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

stegvis (by degrees, gradual, gradually), steg för steg, efterhand (by degrees, gradually). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

peyderpey, adım adım (stepwise). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

поступово (a bit at a time, bit by bit, by degrees, gradatim, gradually, inch by inch, some and some). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Step By Step

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-p-p-s-s-t-t-y"

-2 letters: typesets.

-3 letters: septets, steppes, typeset.

-4 letters: besets, septet, sestet, steeps, steppe, testes, tsetse.

-5 letters: beeps, beets, beset, bests, bytes, peeps, pests, pesty, petty, seeps, seepy, septs, setts, steep, steps, stets, styes, tests, testy, tyees, types, typps, yeses, yetts.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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