noun

stepping

STEH-pihng

noun

The action of putting one foot in front of the other; walking.

"She was stepping carefully across the icy pavement."

"He kept stepping on my toes during the dance."

A version number for a CPU model, marking a small revision that fixes bugs or tweaks the design.

"The new stepping fixed a rare crash bug in the older chips."

How to Use Stepping

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTaking steps — either literally walking, or (in computing) a minor revision of a chip design.

Common pairings

stepping stone stepping on toes CPU stepping

steppings plural

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She was _____ carefully across the icy pavement.

From step plus the -ing suffix, going back to Middle English steppynge.

prepping