Meaning

noun a step in walking or running

noun the distance covered by a step

noun significant progress (especially in the phrase )

originFrom 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”).

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