step

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. pace, stride, footfall; footprint; gait, tread; stair, rung; interval, gradation; (pl.) measures, action. See degree, agency, nearness, travel.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A movement of the foot]

Syn. pace, stride, gait, footstep, footfall, tread, stepping.

2. [One degree in a graded rise]

Syn. rest, run, tread, round, rung, level.

3. [The print of a foot]

Syn. footprint, footmark, track, print, imprint, impression, footstep, trail, trace, mark; see also track 2 .

4. [An action, especially a first action]

Syn. start, move, measure; see action 2 .

• in step (with),

Syn. in agreement with, coinciding with, similar to; see alike 1 , 2 , 3 , similarly .

• keep step,

Syn. agree to, agree with, conform to, keep in line*; see conform .

• out of step,

Syn. inappropriate, incorrect, inaccurate; see wrong 2 , 3 , wrongly 2 .

• take steps,

Syn. do something, start, intervene; see act 1 .

• watch one's step*,

Syn. be careful, take precautions, look out; see watch out 2 .

v.

Syn. pace, stride, advance, recede, go forward, go backward, go up, go down, ascend, descend, pass, walk, tread, march, move, hurry, move quickly, move forward, move backward, mince, hop; see also climb 2 , rise 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. footstep footfall, stride, gait, pace, tread, walk, hobble, forward movement, footprint.

2. doorstep stair, tread, riser, rung.

3. act action, maneuver, process, measure, phase, stage.

4. level grade, degree, rung.

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v.

stride, walk, shuffle, carry oneself, pad, tread, saunter, march, ambulate, traipse, trudge, plod, slog, hobble, limp, tiptoe. see run, walk

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The act or manner of going on foot: footfall, footstep, tread. See MOVE, SOUNDS. 2. An action calculated to achieve an end: maneuver, measure (often used in plural), move, procedure, tactic. See ACTION. 3. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale: degree, grade, level, peg, point, rung, stage. Informal: notch. See BIG. II verb 1. To go on foot: ambulate, foot, pace, tread, walk. Slang: hoof. Idiom: foot it. See MOVE. 2. To move rhythmically to music, using patterns of steps or gestures: dance, foot. Slang: hoof. Idioms: cut a rug, foot it, trip the light fantastic. See REPETITION, WORK.