/step/
Translation
One movement of your foot when you walk, or one flat part of a stair.
Word origin
From Old English steppan, meaning to tread or to walk.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- steppan
Grammar
Examples
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A "step" is one movement of your foot.
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Here a "step" is one flat part of a stair.
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"Steps" is the plural form.
Used in
Stories
(3)Grammar articles
(7)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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