STRIDE


Meaning of STRIDE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

giant

I was off-balance, falling forward, lurching with giant strides , certain that the next step would end in a nosedive.

Pilot groups working since the middle of last year have already made giant strides in factory efficiency.

Actually the best bit was the giant stride in, which was about fifteen feet high.

great

In the eleventh century this notion made great strides .

Rice has made its greatest strides diversifying since Gillis took over in 1993.

The early fusion experiments looked as if they were making great strides toward the desired goal.

However, in these settings, at their best, great strides were made in medical and teaching techniques.

One notable disappointment in the tasting was the performance of Los Vascos, which had been making great strides in recent years.

We have made great strides in de-emphasising the beer parties, but not many people in the general public have noticed.

Environmental Protection Prevention has made its greatest strides in the environmental arena.

huge

Meh'Lindi glanced once over her shoulder then ran on, taking huge strides .

Reggie Taylor has made huge strides the last two years.

They ran back down, huge crunching strides .

Now in the nineteenth century and amid huge strides in scientific achievement, biblical cruelty became even more unacceptable.

long

He came in with a long stride , with head erect, and calm authoritative eyes.

She pivots again, and in two long strides she is down at the far end of the bench watching the play.

The longer stride actually slowed his progress by 30 percent, exactly as the model had predicted.

He had taken long strides and I had trotted after him with my tiny steps.

From the base of the flake a long stride left gains a foot ledge.

Taking no chances, he avoided them both in one long stride .

■ VERB

break

Then, without pausing for breath or breaking her stride , she pushed open the door of his private office.

Stunned, the woman broke stride and spun around.

Wonderful girl; didn't even seem to break stride .

get

Just as the teacher was getting into her stride , the whole school was plunged into darkness.

By half-past three, when their lessons were normally over, Hugo felt he was getting into his stride .

The work had scarcely got into its stride before it was interrupted by the outbreak of the Wars of Independence.

In some peculiar way he seemed to be getting into his stride .

They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place.

The first speaker was getting into his stride .

On this occasion, fate in the form of Boz Buckland stepped in before Vulcan had got into full stride .

hit

Once Elena experiences her vision, however, Shakespeare hits his stride .

As Amelia hit her stride , she began to do more things her own way.

As a choreographer, though, he had only just begun to hit his stride .

Saintsbury has really hit its stride with its Pinot Noirs, which seem to be getting better each year.

He was hitting receivers in stride , looking off one receiver and going to another and throwing very effectively underneath.

The conglomerate really hit its stride in the third quarter.

lengthen

Furious with myself for these creeping insidious thoughts I focussed on lengthening my stride and levitating the rucksack.

Without exchanging a word we lengthened our strides , splashing through puddles, and made for the door.

He had walked away from Sophie and now she lengthened her stride to catch him up.

Quinn walked home the way he had come, lengthening his strides with each new block.

The animal responded at once, quickly lengthening its stride into a gallop.

make

I mean, they've made such strides ... We were sent to X-ray.

Rice has made its greatest strides diversifying since Gillis took over in 1993.

Pilot groups working since the middle of last year have already made giant strides in factory efficiency.

One notable disappointment in the tasting was the performance of Los Vascos, which had been making great strides in recent years.

They made great strides at Maastricht and moved the train or conveyor belt a long way forward towards federalism.

The Tyrone champions have made fine strides lately while Keady are back on top in the orchard county.

Blacks were making strides in quieter ways as well.

put

Human experimenters have found it surprisingly difficult to put bats off their stride by playing loud artificial ultrasound at them.

Don't react in the expected way; put him off his stride and you are already one step ahead.

Well, it took a lot to put Jimmy out of his stride .

take

He took mountains in his stride .

She keeps walking, her long legs taking long, purposeful strides .

Rut the Europa took it in its stride , sucking itself to the tarmac and slicing through.

He had taken long strides and I had trotted after him with my tiny steps.

I was very impressed with our position, but Peter just took it in his stride .

B, who is unofficial team cheerleader, perhaps the ultimate, all-time, hands-down cheerleader, takes the news in stride .

No doubt, he felt he could take that in his stride .

Her teammates have learned to take this in stride .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Doctor Jameson hurried past us, taking long strides.

In four angry strides, Stuart was through the front gate.

Len was out of the room in two strides.

She'd lost some weight and seemed to move with a quicker stride .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But even those strides have not brought the system back to normal.

He came in with a long stride , with head erect, and calm authoritative eyes.

In the eleventh century this notion made great strides.

Jimmy was old enough to take it in his stride .

Saintsbury has really hit its stride with its Pinot Noirs, which seem to be getting better each year.

There have been some strides at the federal level in cleaning up diesels.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

confidently

He opened the gate, walked up the drive and strode confidently through the front door.

They strode confidently ahead in nice straight parallel lines.

Klepner's big moment had arrived and the ex-Harvard Business School man strode confidently to the podium.

purposefully

On the driveway up to the house, a Victorian mansion, two men are striding purposefully .

I said, striding purposefully toward the desk.

Ahead of him, Peng Yu-wei strode purposefully up the path, his long legs showing no sign of human frailty.

Beneath it, across the ornately worked rugs Maurice had undoubtedly paid for, Natasha strode purposefully ahead.

Roirbak strode purposefully towards the light, his long hair being blown into disorder.

Through this garden of artificial delights and into his inclement mood, Sofia Mendes strode purposefully .

He watched as she strode purposefully towards the de Courmont house, her back straight, head up.

■ NOUN

corridor

Rohmer and Duvall strode away down the corridor with Gilbert close behind.

He heard her mocking laugh as, arm in arm with her sister, she strode off down the corridor .

Cardiff strode down the corridor towards them, followed by Lawrence.

A triumphant smile lit his perspiring face as he strode along the corridor to the kitchen.

She stood looking after him as he strode down the corridor towards the opposite end of the house.

She could hear footsteps striding along the corridor behind her.

She thought, in a moment he will be gone, striding along the corridor , out of sight.

door

Sometimes Dolly marched out of the drawing-room, slamming the door and striding out of the house.

As Lachlan knocked, Luch opened the door and he strode past her unseeing.

I knocked on the open door and strode into the front room trusting that Patterson was right behind me.

Luke pulled open the door and strode down the drive to Sonny who was waiting in the trap.

Wrenching the swing door open, she strode out of the building and headed for the street.

She turned back quickly into the house, closed and bolted the door and strode across to the telephone.

heel

Then he turned on his heel and strode from the room.

Then, almost in the same breath, he turned on his heel and strode out of the room without another word.

He stared into Johnny's face for several seconds, turned abruptly on his heel and strode away without looking back.

With that, he turned on his heel and strode into his cabin, slamming the door behind him.

house

Smiling for the first time since he could remember, Sonny strode back to the house .

The driver was already pulling away in the Rolls, and Edouard already striding towards the house .

Once his boots were satisfactorily freed of mud, Jonadab strode into the house , leaving the rest to follow.

They had at Castle Menzies - at the sunrise of the movement, striding from house to house, irresistible.

Sometimes Dolly marched out of the drawing-room, slamming the door and striding out of the house .

Alexei gestured at the still-quivering sword, and then strode on into the house .

road

He clenched his teeth, pulled back his shoulders and began to stride up the road .

Liz took Anna's elbow and the case, and strode toward the road .

As the car moved off, the man strode into the road as if his intention to confront Elliott had simply been mistimed.

He strode across the road and headed towards the quayside, leaning against the black metal fencing that ran along the embankment.

Before Blanche could turn to reply, he was already striding away up the road in his suit.

room

Then he released her abruptly and strode from the room .

The lieutenant snorted in disgust, and strode off around the room to bully his men.

The bedroom door had burst open and Peter was striding into the room .

Then he turned on his heel and strode from the room .

Then, almost in the same breath, he turned on his heel and strode out of the room without another word.

I started talking, at first to myself, striding about the room .

Romanov rose from the table and without bothering to offer an explanation strode out of the room and headed straight for the lift.

A woman strode into the room .

stage

How lucky Dmitri was to be able to stride on stage and become some one entirely different.

When he did arrive he strode across the stage and pushed his way through the pass door without a word.

street

Perhaps he was ashamed of striding the dark wintry streets with a woman in a tea-cosy.

Nutmeg now strode off down the street towards Scruffy's house.

Then we spot a tall, blonde woman striding up the street in our direction.

window

Caroline strode to the windows and plumped her hands down on the sill.

Rory did not switch on a light, but strode to the window and jerked back the drapes.

Chiding herself for her reflex reaction of fear, Meryl strode to the window and examined the catch.

■ VERB

come

They all had to wipe the smiles off their faces when she came striding through the door.

Soon they came striding up the darkened front walk.

Imagine our surprise at the start of this season when this fresh-faced, super-fit figure came striding across the Loughborough training pitch.

She was watching the door when on the stroke of two the tall Czechoslovakian came striding into the hotel.

When no reply came , he strode off towards Derby Street, casting not one single glance in Pol's direction.

Some hours later he came striding into the station-master's office to collect me.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Brian strode out of the room without speaking.

The Principal came striding towards me, and shook my hand.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Gustave strode in, followed by the five-legged sheep and the showman in the blue blouse.

He'd got to stride out on to the field as though he hadn't a care in the world.

If she strode out she would just about do it; her office was only across the road and down the side-street.

Indeed, Percy Lovitch voiced the thought to Rev. Levitt as he strode past the minister and his wife.

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