stride
To walk with long stepsTo walk with long steps.
» Doctors have made great strides in their fight against cancer.
Врачи добились больших успехов в борьбе с раком.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To walk with long steps.
schreiten
шага́тьšagátʹ, выша́гиватьvyšágivatʹ
walk with long steps
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
переша́гиватьperešágivatʹ, перешагну́тьperešagnútʹ
To straddle.
Examples
49 sentencesDoctors have made great strides in their fight against cancer.
ruВрачи добились больших успехов в борьбе с раком.
Tom took it all in stride.
Tom seems to be taking things in stride.
Tom took it in stride.
deTom hat es spielend leicht geschafft.
He took it in his stride.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”).
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Forms
strides, striding, strode, striddenSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle