Standard Lemma guide

stride

name · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • strīd
  • /stɹaɪd/
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  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: S T R AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A long step in walking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The distance covered by a long step.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To walk with long steps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lope

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

verb

Meaning 8

To pass over at a step; to step over.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To straddle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bestride

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

significant progress (especially in the phrase)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make strides
  • they made big strides in productivity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advancement, progress

11

noun

Meaning 11

a step in walking or running

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pace, tread

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: step

12

noun

Meaning 12

the distance covered by a step

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: footstep, pace, step

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indefinite quantity

13

verb

Meaning 13

cover or traverse by taking long steps

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She strode several miles towards the woods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

14

verb

Meaning 14

walk with long steps

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He strode confidently across the hall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk

History

Etymology

English surname, from the noun stride.

From Middle English stride, stryde, from Old English stride (“a stride, pace”), from the verb (see above). Doublet of strid.

From Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan (“stride”), from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną. Cognate with Low German striden (“to fight, to stride”), Dutch strijden (“to fight”), German streiten (“to fight, to quarrel”).

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: galmu — long step
  • Asturian: galmiada — long step
  • Bulgarian: разкрач (razkrač) — long step
  • Catalan: gambada — long step
  • Finnish: harppaus — long step
  • French: enjambée — long step
  • Galician: alancada — long step
  • Irish: truslóg — long step
  • Italian: falcata — long step
  • Italian: lungo passo — long step
  • Māori: whāronatanga — long step
  • Persian: شلنگ (šeleng) — long step
  • Plautdietsch: Schrett — long step
  • Polish: krok — long step
  • Spanish: zancada — long step
  • Spanish: paso largo — long step
  • Spanish: zancajada — long step
  • Spanish: tranco — long step
  • Spanish: trancada — long step
  • Welsh: brasgam — long step
  • Asturian: galmiar — to walk with long steps
  • Bulgarian: крача (krača) — to walk with long steps
  • Catalan: gambar — to walk with long steps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跨 (kuà) — to walk with long steps
  • Czech: kráčet — to walk with long steps
  • Dutch: schrijden — to walk with long steps
  • Dzongkha: ཧབ (hab) — to walk with long steps
  • Esperanto: paŝegi — to walk with long steps
  • Esperanto: paŝi — to walk with long steps
  • Finnish: harpata — to walk with long steps
  • Finnish: loikata — to walk with long steps
  • Finnish: harppoa — to walk with long steps
  • French: enjamber arpenter — to walk with long steps
  • Galician: alancar — to walk with long steps
  • German: schreiten — to walk with long steps
  • Italian: scavalcare — to walk with long steps
  • Māori: whārona — to walk with long steps
  • Māori: tōihi — to walk with long steps
  • Māori: whetoko — to walk with long steps
  • Persian: شلنگیدن (šelengidan) — to walk with long steps
  • Polish: kroczyć — to walk with long steps
  • Portuguese: andar com passos largos — to walk with long steps
  • Russian: шага́ть (šagátʹ) — to walk with long steps
  • Russian: выша́гивать (vyšágivatʹ) — to walk with long steps
  • Spanish: dar zancadas — to walk with long steps
  • Spanish: caminar a zancadas — to walk with long steps
  • Spanish: andar a zancajadas — to walk with long steps
  • Spanish: marchar a trancos — to walk with long steps
  • Spanish: ambular a trancadas — to walk with long steps
  • Turkish: uzun adımlarla yürümek — to walk with long steps
  • Walloon: asdjambler — to walk with long steps
  • Walloon: ascoxhî — to walk with long steps
  • Walloon: hazer — to walk with long steps
  • Walloon: li steper — to walk with long steps
  • Russian: переша́гивать (perešágivatʹ) — to step over
  • Russian: перешагну́ть (perešagnútʹ) — to step over