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- [strahyd]
- /straɪd/
- /straɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [strahyd]
- /straɪd/
Definitions of stride word
- verb without object stride to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 1
- verb without object stride to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. 1
- verb without object stride to straddle. 1
- verb with object stride to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck. 1
- verb with object stride to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch. 1
- verb with object stride to straddle. 1
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Origin of stride
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Stride
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stride popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stride usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stride
noun stride
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- anabasis — the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis
- footfall — a footstep.
- gait — a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
verb stride
- bestrid — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- careered — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- careering — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
Antonyms for stride
verb stride
- dodder — to shake; tremble; totter.
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