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  • n  a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
  • n  the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
    I followed in his steps
    he retraced his steps
    his steps turned toward home
  • n  any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
    the police took steps to reduce crime
  • n  the distance covered by a step
  • n  the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
    he walked with unsteady steps
  • n  support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
  • n  relative position in a graded series
  • n  a short distance
  • n  the sound of a step of someone walking
    he heard footsteps on the porch
  • n  a musical interval of two semitones
  • n  a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
  • n  a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
  • n  a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance
  • v  shift or move by taking a step
  • v  put down or press the foot, place the foot
  • v  cause (a computer) to execute a single command
  • v  treat badly
  • v  furnish with steps
  • v  move with one's feet in a specific manner
  • v  walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner
  • v  place (a ship's mast) in its step
  • v  measure (distances) by pacing
  • v  move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
    he won't step into his father's footsteps

  • It seems that anywhere you turn these days, people are wearing pedometers you know, those little pagerlike devices that attach to your waistband and count the number of steps .
  • But this is another important sign that we're heading in the right direction, and that the steps we've taken to bring our economy back from the brink are working.
  • By the time they reached the steps of the bronze-domed city hall, the crowd of youthful homosexuals, male and female, had been joined by many more conventional citizens, and an .
News & Articles

  • RBI deputy says steps to address rupee fall being taken - TV
    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor H.R. Khan said on Friday all steps to address the rupee's fall were being taken, and both the government and the central bank were watching the ...
    June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance
  • Eds: Cuba, US take cautious steps toward rapprochement, but long, complicated path lies ahead
    HAVANA — They've hardly become allies, but Cuba and the U.S. have taken some baby steps toward rapprochement in recent weeks that have people on this island and in Washington wondering if a breakthrough in relations could be just over the horizon.
    June 21, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
  • Family steps up with $4 million to rescue Capitol Theatre project
    Family steps up with $4 million to rescue Capitol Theatre project by Mike Gorrell | The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 19, 2013 10:34AM MDT Just when the future of the century-old Capitol Theatre was in dire straits, the Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation came to the rescue. In a surprise announcement Tuesday, Salt Lake County officials said the foundation donated $4.1 million to keep a $33.4 ...
    June 19, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Quotes

  • Paul Goydos in AFP
    It's almost a mythical number in our game,Goydos said. "I've gone from clubbing a ball in the backyard all the way to the moon, and missed all the steps in between."
  • Barack Obama in Times Online
    Mr Obama said: "Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work with all interested partners in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that they cannot threaten the safety and stability of other...
  • Alistair Darling in guardian.co.uk
    Darling said the government was prepared to take "pretty big steps that we wouldn't take in ordinary times" to ensure that Britain gets through the current crisis.

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