Stride

Definition: Stride

Stride

Noun

1. A step in walking or running.

2. The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig".

3. Significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides" or "make rapid strides").

Verb

1. Walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall".

2. Cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods".

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

Date "stride" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Stride \Stride\, transitive verb. [imperfect Strode(Obsolete Strid); past participle Stridden(Obsolete Strid); Striding.]. (Websters 1913)

Sports & Leisure

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STRIDE

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Synonyms: Stride

Distance

Outpost, outskirt; horizon; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima Thule, ne plus ultra, antipodes; long range, giant's stride.

Noun: distance; space; remoteness, farness, far-cry to; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride.

Journey

Walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare; promenade; trudge, tramp; stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle; paddle; tread a path.

Motion

Step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey; voyage; transit.

Crosswords: Stride

The medical profession would love to claim my achievement as part of their own and call it a giant stride forward of medicine. (Flesh for Frankenstein; writing credit: Tonino Guerra; Paul Morrissey)

They come in force with stealthy stride. Our obvious course is now to hide! (The Pirates of Penzance; writing credit: William S. Gilbert; Wilford Leach)

But that's okay, I still keep in stride, ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

I don't break stride (Deep Inside of You; performing artist: Third Eye Blind)

Stride and strut goeth before a fall; tried and true goeth before a raise. (references; author: unknown)

In the Last Stride (1916)

Break My Stride (performing artist: Matthew Wilder)

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References

• Stride & Associates, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Stride Rite Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Stride [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Stride (reference)

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Music

• Full Stride (reference)

• King of Stride Piano 1918-1944 (reference)

• Stride Piano Summit: A Celebration of Harlem Stride & Classic Piano Jazz (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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King Neptune and his party stride down the flight deck after "arriving" on board for Equator crossing ceremonies, circa July 1942. Credit: NAVY.

The Stride of a century. Credit: Library of Congress.

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You would have thought you heard the stride of the fearful statue Legion.

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

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Economic History

Mexico

Some of the major brands currently being manufactured in the area include Hush Puppies, Florsheim, Ferragamo, Cole Haan, Ecco, Steve Madden, Rockport, Johnston & Murphy, Red Wing, Justin Boots, Stride Rite, etc. (references)

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

Expressions using "stride": giant stride ♦ giant's stride ♦ in stride ♦ stride ahead ♦ stride along ♦ stride away ♦ stride in front ♦ stride off ♦ stride out ♦ stride over ♦ stride toward ♦ take in one's stride. Additional references.

Beginning with "stride": stride-resident.

Ending with "stride": mid-stride.

Albanian

hap i madh, eci me hapa të madhe. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قبل بدون تردد, ‏وسع الخطى, ‏تمدد مفرقا قدميه, ‏ذرع المكان, ‏خطوة واسعة, ‏خطوة (footstep, move, pace, step, tread), ‏خطا خطوة واسعة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разкрач (straddle), ходя из, крача (pace, step), голяма крачка, вървя с големи крачки, обикалям (circle, compass, get about, get round, itinerate, orb, patrol, perambulate, ride, stooge around, tour, travel, trip, walk). (various references)

Chinese 

奎 (name of constellation), 大步走 , 大步. (various references)

Czech

velký krok, rázovat, přecházet po, kráèet (March, pace, step, tread, walk). (various references)

Danish

træde (pace, stalk, step, tread), skridt (pace, step). (various references)

Dutch

stappen (pace, stalk, step, tread), stap (pace, step), schrede (pace, step), schrijden (pace, stalk, tread), schrýden (pace, stalk, step, tread), voetstap (pace, step), treden (pace, stalk, step, tread), tred (pace, step), pas (exclusively, just, just now, only, pace, pass, passport, step), lopen (flow, go, go for a walk, go on foot, march, pace, run, stalk, step, stroll, tread, walk), Initiatief van de Gemeenschap voor de verbetering van de regionale faciliteiten op het gebied van onderzoek,technologie en innovatie (Community initiative concerning regional capacities for research, technology and innovation). (various references)

Esperanto

paŝo (pace, step), paŝi (pace, stalk, step, tread), paŝegi (stalk). (various references)

Faeroese

stig (degree, grade, musical time, pace, point, rung, stair, step, tact), ganga fet fyri fet (pace, stalk, step, tread), fet (pace, step). (various references)

Farsi 

قدم زدن (Gait, Pace, Pad, Step, Stroll, Traipse, Vamp), قدم (Foot, Pace, Step), گام های بلندبرداشتن , گام (Gait, Gamut, Pace, Step), گشادگشادراه رفتن (Straddle), شلنگ زدن , باقدم پیمودن . (various references)

Finnish

askel (footstep, pace, step). (various references)

French

foulée. (various references)

German

schreiten (march on, pace, proceed, process, stalk, step, stridden, strut, tread, walk), Schritt (crotch, degree, footfall, footstep, gait, move, pace, pas, step, steps, tread, trod, walk, yard). (various references)

Greek 

βηματίζω (pace, step). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפסע (pace, step), לפסוע (pace, step, tread, walk), לצעו�" (pace, step, tread, walk), פסיע�" (footstep, pace, pitch, step), צע�" ארוך. (various references)

Hungarian

nagy léptekkel ró (pace), lépked (to pace, to sashay, to step, to tread, trod, trodden), lépés (footfall, footstep, gambit, measure, move, pace, step, tread). (various references)

Indonesian

melangkahi, melangkah (step), langkah (pace, step). (various references)

Italian

passo (excerpt, footprint, footstep, pace, pass, passage, rate, step, tread, walk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ストックホル� 症候群 (stock point, Stockhom syndrome, stomach, stop, stop bit, stop motion, stoplight, stopper, stopwatch, straight, straight course, straight perm, straight permanent wave, straight punch, strap, strategy, streaker, streaking, stream, streamer, street, street angel, street furniture, street girl, streetcar, streetwalker, streptomycin, stress, stretch, stretching, strike, strike zone, striker, string, strings, strip, strip girl, strip mill, strip show, stripe, stripper, striptease, structure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ストライド . (various references)

Korean 

큰 걸음. (various references)

Manx

kesmad (footfall, footstep, pace, step). (various references)

Papiamen

paso (pace, step). (various references)

Pig Latin

idestray

Polish

krok (pace, step). (various references)

Portuguese

sentar-se escarranchado, transpor (bestride, clear, convert, cross, go beyond, jump, overjump, overleap, overpass, pass, put across, surmount, transfer, transpose), tranco, passo largo, passo grande, passo (footmark, footstep, gait, going, move, pace, pass, screw-thread, step, tread, walk), Iniciativa Comunitária relativa � s Capacidades Regionais no domínio da Investigação,Tecnologia e Inovação (Community initiative concerning regional capacities for research, technology and innovation), galgar com uma passada, darumpasso (pace, stalk, step, tread), caminhar (foot, go, hup, jog, march, move, pace, pass, stalk, step, traipse, tread, wade, walk), andar a passos largos, andar (ambulate, flat, floor, gait, go, march, march off, pace, pass, retreat, ride, roam, slouch, stalk, step, storey, story, stream, to walk, traipse, travel, tread, walk). (various references)

Romanian

umbla prin, trece peste (bestride, bridge, clear, draw, get over, go over, jump, override, overrule, overrun, pass over, span, surmount, tread), pas mare, pas lung, pas (channel, foot, footmark, footprint, footstep, gate, gorge, leap, move, opening, pace, pass, pitch, remove, step, tread, walk), påşi (pace, stalk, step, tread), pãşi cu paşi mari, mers cu paşi mari, distanţã între picioare, colinda (Carol, scour, stroll), cålca (pace, stalk, step, tread), încãleca (back, bestride, horse, subdue, subjugate, take horse). (various references)

Russian 

шагать (pace, step, stridden, strode, tread), шаг (augment, footpace, footstep, increment, move, pace, step). (various references)

Scottish

sith (a stride, dart forward, long quick pace, onset). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

napredovanje (advancement, gain, headway), koračati (pace), konjski hod, dugačak korak (lope). (various references)

Spanish

paso (advance, advances, clearing, crossing, deed, despatch, dispatch, doorway, drawing, dried, duct, entrée, exaltation, foot walk, footfall, footprint, footstep, fullness, fulness, gait, gangway, gate, gulf, gut, hangar, ignorance, jars, jaunt, lead, line, move, movement, overtaking, pace, pass, passage, passageway, passing, path, pitch, progress, shooting, stair, step, Strait, straits, tack, thoroughfare, track, transition, tread, walk, walkout). (various references)

Swedish

kliva (climb, stalk). (various references)

Turkish

yürüyerek geçmek (Wade), uzun adımlarla yürümek (stride out), uzun adımlarla yürüme, uzun adım, geçip gitmek (flit, go by, pass by, roll by, run, slip by), bir adımlık mesafe, ayak (buttress, foot, foot-operated, hoof, leg, pace, paw, plates, pod, stand, step, stillage, tootsy), atlayarak geçmek (skip), ata biner gibi oturmak (bestride, straddle), adim (pace, step), aşmak (be in excess of, bestride, clear, defeat, exceed, go beyond, negotiate, outgo, outreach, overbrim, overlap, overrun, overstep, pass, pass beyond, pass over, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, transgress). (various references)

Ukrainian

широко крокувати, великий крок, переступати (bestride, contravene, overstep). (various references)

Welsh

llamu (bound, leap), llam (bound, jump, leap), gafl (fork), camu (bend, bow, step, stoop), brasgamu. (various references)

Zulu

isitebhisi (pace, step). (various references)

gradi, gradus, passus. (various references)

marchier. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stride": stridence, stridences, stridencies, stridency, strident, stridently, strider, striders, strides. (additional references)

Words ending with "stride": astride, bestride, outstride, overstride. (additional references)

Words containing "stride": bestrides, outstrides, overstrides. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stride" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atridae, atride, Estridge, Estrie, Osiride, saried, sprida, staide, stide, stirde, strada, strade, straid, streed, stribe, stridle, strile, strine, strite, Strodder, Stroitel, strud. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: direst, driest.

-1 letter: deist, diets, dirts, dites, drest, dries, edits, resid, rides, rites, sired, sited, stied, tides, tiers, tired, tires, tried, tries.

-2 letters: dies, diet, dire, dirt, dite, dits, edit, erst, ides, ired, ires, reds, reis, rest, rets, ride, rids, rise, rite, side, sire, site, stir, teds, tide, tied, tier, ties, tire.

-3 letters: die, dis, dit.

+1 letter: aridest, astride, bestrid, bistred, credits, diaster, diester, dieters, directs, dirties, disrate, dissert, dithers, ditsier, diverts, dustier, editors, reedits, resited, skirted, sortied, spirted, staider, steroid, stirred, storied, strider, strides, striped, strived, studier, tardies, tidiers, tinders, tirades, triodes.

+2 letters: acridest, airdates, asteroid, bestride, bistered, bristled, cordites, crudites, curdiest, curtsied, dataries, demerits, deorbits, desertic, destrier, detrains, detritus, dextrins, diasters, diesters, diestrum, diestrus, diethers, digester, digestor, dilaters, diluters, dimeters, diopters, dioptres, diorites, dirtiest, disaster, discreet, discrete, disherit, disinter, disputer, disrated, disrates, disserts, distress, ditchers, dorkiest, driblets, drifters, editress, grodiest, hardiest, inditers, inserted, intrudes, lardiest, midterms, misrated, mortised, nerdiest, nitrides, outrides, outsider, peridots, predicts, preedits, priested, proteids, radiates, randiest, rapidest, readiest, readmits, redbaits, redigest, redshift, redshirt, redtails, reediest, relisted, resident, resifted, resisted, respited, ridgiest, riposted, riptides, rowdiest, ruddiest, scripted, seriated, siderite, sintered, sistered, spirited, sprinted, spritzed, squirted, steadier, steroids, stodgier, stolider, strained, striated, stridden, strident, striders, stringed, stripped, studiers, studlier, stupider, sturdied, sturdier, sturdies, tardiest, tawdries, tendrils, thirsted, tiddlers, tiderips, tiredest, topsider, traipsed, trendies, tribades, tridents, trindles, verdicts, weirdest, wordiest.