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. — odexed
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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