step
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1.0
- noun
- /stɛp/
:
paso
- Rachel, do you want to run through your steps before we go again?
- dance steps
- learn the steps
- perform the steps
It's just like the step touches, you're just going right, left.
- It's just like the step touches, you're just going right, left.
- You know, it's like step, step, shoulder look, you know, those are the basic steps.
- And that's that Get, get, get, get a little step thing for words.
- Now I'm watching you do every amazing step.
- Where are you going Friday ball one to two step.
Examples
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Mashi and her friends had been teaching Lily the steps, and everyone planned to go.
Fiction book (1994) -
A hundred years later, we are still learning the steps to the same dance.
Academic text (1998) -
So the first step is called the base step or the base case.
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Someone who knows every song, just about every step in the show.
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You know, it's like step, step, shoulder look, you know, those are the basic steps.
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As the teacher demonstrates the steps in the larger chorus, students can offer their insights.
Academic text (2002) -
I'm doin' the box step!
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Soon she and Anne were dancing together, matching step for step, hip for hip, smile for smile.
Fiction book (1994) -
Balanchine routinely incorporated dance steps and movements that were derived from African-American theatrical and vernacular dancing.
Academic text (2000) -
At the dance recital, each performer perfectly executed their dance step to create a beautiful performance.
Synonyms
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2.6
A specific step or movement done during a dance
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9.9
A small dance step in ballet
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1.9
A set of foot movements that form part of a dance
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6.8
A dance move where someone slides backward while seeming to walk forward
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9.9
A quick sliding dance step used in ballet where one foot always leads
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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4.6
To take responsibility and act when a difficult situation happens
- Informal
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6.6
Make someone angry by doing their job or making decisions for them
- Informal
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5.1
Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important
- Informal
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4.9
An energetic way of walking that shows happiness or confidence
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
The smallest jump between two notes in Western music, one piano key apart
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3.0
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
- Specialized
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4.8
A device that raises the voltage of electric current that changes direction
- Specialized
A stone or brick step that sticks out along the sloping edge of a gable wall
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Specialized
A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space
- Specialized
A device that lowers high electric voltage so appliances work safely
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Step comes from an old English word steppan meaning 'to place the foot', so a step in dance is one specific movement of the feet you must make.