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The correct spelling is steps.
How to pronounce steps
/stɛps/
nounIPA: /stɛps/
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The correct spelling is steps. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace. For example: "He improved step by step, or by steps."
Usage Examples
“He improved step by step, or by steps.”
“The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents.”
“One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
- 2.A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
- 3.A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
- 4.A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
- 5.The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
verb
- 1.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.
- 2.To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
- 3.To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
- 4.To move mentally; to go in imagination.
- 5.To set, as the foot.
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