DICTOMETER

STEP

(step, escalón, paso, trámite, avsats, overgang, steg, trappetrinn, trinn)

1. Synonyms:
   • Measure
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
   Examples:
   • The situation called for strong measures
   • The police took steps to reduce crime
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Footstep
   • Pace
   • Step
   • Stride
   Definitions:
   • the distance covered by a step
   Examples:
   • He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
   Examples:
   • He walked with unsteady steps
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Step
   • Stair
   Definitions:
   • support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
   Examples:
   • He paused on the bottom step
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Gradation
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • relative position in a graded series
   Examples:
   • Always a step behind
   • Subtle gradations in color
   • Keep in step with the fashions
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Step
   • Stone's throw
   Definitions:
   • a short distance
   Examples:
   • It's only a step to the drugstore
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Footfall
   • Footstep
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • the sound of a step of someone walking
   Examples:
   • He heard footsteps on the porch
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Tone
   • Whole tone
   • Step
   • Whole step
   Definitions:
   • a musical interval of two semitones
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Footprint
   • Footmark
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
   Examples:
   • The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Step
    Definitions:
    • a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Dance step
    • Step
    Definitions:
    • a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
    Examples:
    • He taught them the waltz step
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • shift or move by taking a step
   Examples:
   • Step back
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Step
   • Tread
   Definitions:
   • put down or press the foot, place the foot
   Examples:
   • For fools rush in where angels fear to tread
   • Step on the brake
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • cause (a computer) to execute a single command
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Mistreat
   • Maltreat
   • Abuse
   • Ill-use
   • Step
   • Ill-treat
   Definitions:
   • treat badly
   Examples:
   • This boss abuses his workers
   • She is always stepping on others to get ahead
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • furnish with steps
   Examples:
   • The architect wants to step the terrace
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • move with one's feet in a specific manner
   Examples:
   • Step lively
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
   Examples:
   • Step over to the blackboard
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • place (a ship's mast) in its step
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Pace
   • Step
   Definitions:
   • measure (distances) by pacing
   Examples:
   • Step off ten yards
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Step
    Definitions:
    • move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
    Examples:
    • She stepped into a life of luxury
    • He won't step into his father's footsteps