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steps

steps

1.0
A set of stairs outside a building
  • noun
  • /stɛps/
translation icon : escalones
  • Right, we're heading down the main steps to a supposed Marvel shoot.

Obviously the montage of him running up the steps is so good.

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Examples

  • And I look and she's coming up my steps with a kitten in her mouth.

  • I went and sat on my front steps and then I just began to weep.

  • We're just going up the steps to the castle.

  • There remains a white door intact, and the three steps that lead up to it.

  • Here they are on the steps of the Ashmollan Museum.

  • We climbed the steep steps leading to the beautiful garden.

  • She paused at the top of the steps to admire the view.

  • The children played on the steps outside their house.

Synonyms

staircase
vssteps
100 1.0

A set of steps inside a building that people use to move between floors

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
flight
vssteps
72 2.8

A set of steps between one floor and the next

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
stairway
vssteps
54 1.0

A set of steps that people use to go between floors in a building

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
41 1.6

A set of steps between two floors of a building

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
stoop
vssteps
  • US
37 3.9

A small set of steps at the front of a house

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
stairs
vssteps
4 1.0

A set of steps that people use to go between floors

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings
flight of steps
vssteps
3 3.0

A set of stairs between two floors

is generally located outside rather than inside buildings

Antonyms

163 1.6

A sloping surface that connects two levels for people or vehicles

Idioms

Much more prepared and able to guess what will happen than other people

Progress that bigger problems later undo

Compounds

A set of stairs between two floors

7.5

A ladder that hangs over the side of a ship to help people climb aboard from the water

How Many

staircase
100 1.0
steps
1.0
step
526 1.0

Surface Forms

steps plural
step singular

Morphology

steps = step (transparent) = step + s

The plural form 'steps' is transparently derived from the singular 'step' by adding the plural suffix '-s'.

Etymology

Steps for a set of stairs comes from the idea of a 'place to put your foot', like each separate footstep; think of climbing a row of flat places where you put your feet. So 'steps' are the parts of a stair you walk on, often outside a building.