step

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /stɛp/
• SAMPA: /stEp/

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• Homophone: steppe

Verb

Plain form step

Third-person singular steps

Past tense stepped

Past participle stepped

Present participle stepping

1. When you step, you move one foot.

   When you walk, you step many times.

   If you step on the ant, it will be dead.

Noun

Singular step

Plural steps

Steps

1. (countable) A step is a movement of the foot

   Take one step forward to win the game.

   He took three steps toward home plate and was ruled out.

2. (countable) A step is one of several actions or processes taken to achieve a goal.

   Heating the oven is one step needed to bake bread.

3. (countable) A step is a surface used to walk upwards. Most often there are several steps, one above the other.

   One must walk up the steps to get to the top of the building.