stride
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- noun
- /straɪd/
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- The athlete measured his stride carefully to ensure he would not trip during the race.
- stride length
- stride frequency
- stride time
We're running in a certain stride where that thing goes and confirm that.
- We're running in a certain stride where that thing goes and confirm that.
- Step by step, we walk the most horrendous path, stride tottering along the edge of an unsuspected abyss.
- For example, when we walk, we implicitly have this information because we kind of know how how what are stride length is.
- I was like fast like because these long legs at the time, I had that fucking Usain Bolt like fucking stride and I was not carrying anywhere near the way I've got now.
Examples
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His companion seemed more relaxed now, his long strides slow and easy, though his eyes never stopped moving.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once there is No Fear of suffering, only and only when there is No Fear of suffering will you walk full stride in your life.
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Something so simple as walking with a greater stride, looking around, making eye contact with everybody you see.
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And this time I stopped, now one long stride from the speaker.
Fiction book (1991) -
Zorah continued on her way, her stride growing longer and more eager.
Fiction book (1991) -
His shoulder came away from the doorjamb, and in one long stride he was at Cameron's back.
Fiction book (1990) -
She walked up and down with long strides.
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They glide down the stretch with ground-eating strides.
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She walked confidently, with a long stride, through the park.
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Walking with a longer stride can help improve your overall pace.
Synonyms
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One movement of a foot when walking
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The distance covered by one foot when you walk
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One step used to measure a short distance
Idioms
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stride comes from an old English word that meant a 'long step'. You can also see the same idea in the word astride, which helps explain why stride means a large step or the distance of one step.