schreiten — meaning in English

English meaning

• step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
• stride verb To walk with long, confident steps.

Senses

schreiten is used for these senses in English:

• step (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
• step (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
• stride (intransitive) To walk with long steps.

step — full definition

1. noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
2. noun One stage in a process or sequence.
3. verb To move by lifting and placing one foot in front of the other.

stride — full definition

1. verb To walk with long, confident steps.
2. noun A single long step, or the length of one such step.
3. noun In computing, the gap between successive elements stored in memory, such as pixels in an image row.

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