Meaning

11 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

    treten, schreiten

    шага́тьšagátʹ, шагну́тьšagnútʹ, ступа́тьstupátʹ

  2. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

    (intransitive)To don with a stepping action.

    He stepped into his pants.

  3. (intransitive)To walk; to go (on foot, especially) a little distance.

    Come one, come all. Step right up!

    The convention roared as the president stepped to the podium.

    treten, schreiten

    шага́тьšagátʹ, шагну́тьšagnútʹ, идти́idtí

    walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner

  4. (intransitive)To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

  5. To dance.

  6. (figuratively, intransitive)To move mentally; to go in imagination.

    treten

    перенести́сьperenestísʹ

    shift or move by taking a step

  7. (transitive)To set, as the foot.

    put down or press the foot, place the foot

  8. (transitive)To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

    place (a ship's mast) in its step

  9. (transitive)To advance a process gradually, one step at a time.

  10. (intransitive, slang)To depart.

    You best step, cuz things are about to jump off.

  11. (intransitive, slang)To be confrontational.

    You tryna be steppin right now? You better bring it if so.

Examples

1886 sentences
  1. Don't step on the broken glass.

    Не наступайте на розбите скло. — iceman

    ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло. — nami

    deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Will you step this way, please?

    Прошу сюди. — aandrusiak

    deHier entlang, bitte. — Sudajaengi

  3. Tom was sitting on the steps.

    Том сидів на сходах. — deniko

    ruТом сидел на ступеньках. — marafon

  4. If you move a step, and you will be a dead man.

    Якщо зробиш ще крок, ти покійник. — Alina

  5. He finally had to step down.

    Нарешті він був змушений піти у відставку. — ChickenKiev

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
intransitive: to move the foot in walking:
intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance:
intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intransitive: to move the foot in walking:

Origin

From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), s

From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to support, stomp, curse, be amazed”).

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Forms

steps, stepping, stepped, stepped
Base formstep · to step
3rd person singularsteps
Present participlestepping
Past simplestepped / stept
Past participlestepped / stept

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystep
he, she, itsteps

Past simpleLesson

all personsstepped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stepped
he, she, ithas stepped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill step

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

38 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the first step
  • stepped aside
  • took a step
  • step back
  • stepped on my
  • watch your step
  • first step
  • up the steps
  • step forward
  • step out of
  • stepped on the
  • to step down

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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