1
: to stand astride
2
: to move with or as if with long steps
strode across the room
3
: to take a very long step
2
: to step over
3
: to move over or along with or as if with long measured steps
striding the boardwalk
1
a
: a cycle of locomotor movements (as of a horse) completed when the feet regain the initial relative positions
also
: the distance traversed in a stride
b
: the most effective natural pace : maximum competence or capability
—often used in the phrase hit one's stride
2
: a long step
3
: an act of striding
4
: a stage of progress : advance
made great strides toward their goal
5
: a manner of striding
6
Synonyms
Examples of stride in a Sentence
Verb
She strode across the room towards me.
a gang of armed men strode into the bank and approached the teller
Noun
She crossed the room in only a few strides.
He was standing only a few strides away from me.
He has a distinctive bouncy stride.
She entered the room with a confident stride.
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
That evening, the artist, who uses all pronouns, strode down the grassy hill of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles wearing a flowing floral gown and carrying a saxophone.
—Wren Sanders, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Voters took Trump’s own advanced age and increasingly incoherent trail rhetoric in stride.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The intended message of this joint observance of Armistice Day – the first since Winston Churchill strode side-by-side with Gen. Charles de Gaulle in 1944 – was to reaffirm and reinvigorate the bond between two of Europe’s leading political, economic, and military powers.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
That evening, the artist, who uses all pronouns, strode down the grassy hill of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles wearing a flowing floral gown and carrying a saxophone.
—Wren Sanders, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
Under the Jenny leadership, Doxa has made strides into other areas of the watch market that are likely more profitable than serving a nerdy contingency of folks nostalgic for the glory days of analog SCUBA diving.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Voters took Trump’s own advanced age and increasingly incoherent trail rhetoric in stride.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Stride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stride. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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stride
2 of 2 noun1
: a step or the distance covered by a step
2
: a way of striding
3
: the most effective natural pace
—often used in the phrase hit one's stride
4
: a step forward : advance
made great strides toward their goal
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