What does “step” mean?
- 1
nounthe act of moving one foot in front of the other
The baby took her first steps.
- 2
nounone of a series of actions to reach a goal
The first step is to make a plan.
- 3
verbto move by lifting your foot and putting it down
Sorry, I stepped on your foot.
Step at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun & verb
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /stɛp/ · STEP
Common phrases with “step”
- step by step
- take a step
- next step
- step on
“step” is on these word lists
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