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step

English

Etymology

From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (to step, go, proceed, advance), stepe (step), from Proto-Germanic *stapjan? (to step), *stapiz (step), from Proto-Indo-European *stab- (to support, stomp, curse, be amazed). Cognate with West Frisian stappe (to step), North Frisian stape (to walk, trudge), Dutch stappen (to step, walk), Walloon steper (to walk away, leave), German stapfen (to trudge, stomp, plod) and further to Slavic Polish st?pa? (to stomp, stamp, step, tread), Russian ??????? (stupat?) and Polish stopie? (step, stair, rung, degree), Russian ??????? (stepen?). Related to stamp, stomp.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /st?p/
  • Hyphenation: step
  • Rhymes: -?p
  • Homophone: steppe

Noun

step (plural steps)

  1. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
    • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:step.
  2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
    • 1624, Sir Henry Wotton, The Elements Of Architecture
      The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:step.
  3. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
  4. A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
  5. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
    • To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great step in philosophy.
  6. A small space or distance.
  7. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
  8. A gait; manner of walking.
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
      Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely step.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:step.
  9. Proceeding; measure; action; act.
    • 1717, Alexander Pope, Preface to his collection of poems
      The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world.
    • c. 1792, William Cowper, The Needless Alarm
      Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.
    • 1879, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days
      I have lately taken steps [] to relieve the old gentleman's distresses.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Moon has also requested that government officials take additional steps to help fight pollution, his spokesman said.
  10. (in the plural) A walk; passage.
    • Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree.
  11. (in the plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
  12. (nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
  13. (machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
  14. (machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
  15. (music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
    Usage note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.
  16. (kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of William Kingdon Clifford to this entry?)
  17. (programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.
  18. (slang) A stepsibling.

Synonyms

  • stride

Hyponyms

  • back step, half step, etc. see under back, half, etc.
  • cyclic step

Derived terms

  • cross-step (a step in which one foot is crossed over another; the action of taking such a step or steps)
  • step-by-step
  • step-free
  • stepmeal
  • stepwise

Related terms

Translations

Verb

step (third-person singular simple present steps, present participle stepping, simple past stepped or (dated) stept or (obsolete) stope, past participle stepped or (dated) stept or (obsolete) stopen)

  1. (intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
  2. (intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
  3. (intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
    • Home from his Morning-Task , the Swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To move mentally; to go in imagination.
  5. (transitive) To set, as the foot.
    • 2010, Charles E. Miller, Winds of Mercy: 40 Short Stories (page 219)
      One of the women, Elsie, stepped her foot inside to help the woman.
  6. (transitive, nautical) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
    • 1898, Joseph Conrad, Youth
      We put everything straight, stepped the long-boat's mast for our skipper, who was in charge of her, and I was not sorry to sit down for a moment.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • step-

Further reading

  • step in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • step at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • EPTs, ESTP, PETs, Pest, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pest, pets, sept, sept-, spet

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st?p/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

step f

  1. steppe
Declension

Etymology 2

From English step

Noun

step m inanimate

  1. tap dance
Declension

Further reading

  • step in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • step in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English step (footrest on a bicycle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st?p/
  • Hyphenation: step
  • Rhymes: -?p

Noun

step f (plural steps, diminutive stepje n)

  1. kick scooter
    Synonyms: autoped, trottinette
  2. (dated) A mounting bracket on a bicycle.

Derived terms

  • steppen

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s(?)t?p/
  • Hyphenation: stèp

Etymology 1

From English step, from Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (to step, go, proceed, advance), stepe (step), from Proto-Germanic *stapjan? (to step), *stapiz (step), from Proto-Indo-European *stab- (to support, stomp, curse, be amazed).

Noun

stèp (first-person possessive stepku, second-person possessive stepmu, third-person possessive stepnya)

  1. step; pace, gait.

Etymology 2

From Dutch stuip (convulsion), from Middle Dutch st?pe, stupen, stuypen (convulsion, literally to duck, to bend down), from Old English stupian (to stoop, bend over) (compare to English stoop (to bend)), from Old Norse stúpa, from Proto-Germanic *st?p?n?, *st?pijan? (to stand out), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (to push, butt, knock).

Noun

stèp (first-person possessive stepku, second-person possessive stepmu, third-person possessive stepnya)

  1. (colloquial, medicine) convulsion.
    Synonym: setip
    Synonyms: sawan, kejang

Further reading

  • “step” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

step

  1. Alternative form of steppe

Polish

Etymology

From Ukrainian ???? (step).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st?p/

Noun

step m inan

  1. (often in the plural) steppe

Declension

Further reading

  • step in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • step in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From English step.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?step/, [?st?ep]
  • IPA(key): /es?tep/, [es?t?ep]

Noun

step m (uncountable)

  1. step training

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point

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) enPR: point, IPA(key): /p??nt/
  • Rhymes: -??nt

Etymology 1

From Middle English point, from Old French point m (dot; minute amount), from Latin p?nctum (a hole punched in; a point, puncture), substantive use of p?nctus m, perfect passive participle of pung? (I prick, punch); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (sharp tip), from Latin p?ncta f (past participle). Displaced native Middle English ord (point), from Old English ord (point). Doublet of pointe, punctum, punt, and punto.

Noun

point (plural points)

  1. A discrete division of something.
    1. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. [from 13th c.]
    2. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
    3. (archaic) Condition, state. [from 13th c.]
    4. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition. [from 14th c.]
    5. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
    6. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful. [from 14th c.]
    7. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. [14th-17th c.]
    8. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment. [14th-17th c.]
      • 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
        When time's first point begun / Made he all souls.|title=Of the Soule of Man and the Immortalitie Thereof
    9. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.]
    10. (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.]
    11. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.]
    12. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
    13. (by extension) A note; a tune.
    14. A distinguishing quality or characteristic. [from 15th c.]
    15. (in the plural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
      the points of a horse
    16. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. [from 15th c.]
    17. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. [from 17th c.]
    18. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. [from 17th c.]
    19. (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]
    20. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). [from 18th c.]
    21. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. [from 19th c.]
    22. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]
    23. (Britain) An electric power socket. [from 20th c.]
    24. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
    25. (Britain) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
  2. A sharp extremity.
    1. The sharp tip of an object. [from 14th c.]
    2. Any projecting extremity of an object. [from 14th c.]
    3. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. [from 14th c.]
    4. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]
    5. A peninsula or promontory. [from 15th c.]
    6. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. [from 16th c.]
      1. (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
    7. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. [from 16th c.]
    8. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
    9. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression. [from 17th c.]
    10. (rail transport, Britain, in the plural) A railroad switch. [from 19th c.]
    11. (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. [from 19th c.]
    12. A tine or snag of an antler.
    13. (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
  3. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
  4. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
  5. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
  6. Lace worked by the needle.
  7. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
  8. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
  9. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
  10. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
  11. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
    • 2005, Marc Marschark, Patricia Elizabeth Spencer, Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education
      [] DCDP children are exposed to more points and gesturelike signs in their linguistic environment []
  12. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
  13. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
    1. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover. [from 19th c.]
    2. (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
    3. (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
    4. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
Synonyms
  • (location or place): location, place, position, spot
  • (in geometry): ord
  • (particular moment in an event or occurrence): moment, ord, time
  • (sharp tip): end, ord, tip
  • (arithmetic symbol): spot, decimal point (name of the symbol; not used when reading decimal fractions aloud)
  • (opinion): opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint
  • (unit of measure of success or failure): mark (in a competition)
  • (color of extremities of an animal):
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • ? Indonesian: poin
  • ? Japanese: ???? (pointo)
  • ? Korean: ??? (pointeu)
Translations
See also
  • Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for the use of point with these verbs
References
  • point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English pointen, poynten, from Old French pointier, pointer, poynter, from Medieval Latin punctare, p?nctu?re, from Latin p?nctum.

Verb

point (third-person singular simple present points, present participle pointing, simple past and past participle pointed)

  1. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
    • Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.
  2. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
  3. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
  4. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To direct toward an object; to aim.
    • 1853, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers (volume 11, page 267)
      Mr. Fitzsimons pointed my attention to an outside car on which was written, "Take warning," or something of that kind, and he pointed that out to me, and drew my attention to it, as a thing likely to intimidate []
  5. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
  6. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
  7. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
  8. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
  9. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
  10. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
  11. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
  12. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
  13. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
  14. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
  15. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
  16. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  17. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
    • 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
      He treads with caution, and he points with fear.
  18. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
  19. (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 85:
      ‘Oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!’ – and, as if to point his criticism, the lights of the Civil Station appeared on a rise to the right.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English pointen, poynten, by apheresis of apointen, appointen, appoynten. See appoint.

Verb

point (third-person singular simple present points, present participle pointing, simple past and past participle pointed)

  1. (obsolete) To appoint.

References

Further reading

  • point in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • point in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Pinto, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, piton, potin

Danish

Etymology

From French point, from Latin p?nctum, the neuter of the participle p?nctus (pointed). The Latin word is also borrowed to Danish punkt (dot) and punktum (full stop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p?o???]

Noun

point

  1. a point (in a game)

Declension

See also

  • punkt
  • pointe
  • pointere

Further reading

  • “point” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pw??/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): [pw????]
  • Rhymes: -??
  • Homophones: poing, poings, points

Etymology 1

From Middle French poinct (with orthography modified to reflect the Latin etymology), from Old French point, from Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. point (small mark)
  2. (sports, games) point
  3. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
  4. (knitting) stitch pattern
Derived terms
Descendants
  • ? Danish: point
  • Norwegian Bokmål: poeng

Adverb

point

  1. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not
    Synonym: pas (contemporary French)

Related terms

  • appointer
  • pointe
  • poindre
  • poignant
  • poinçon

Etymology 2

From Old French point, from Latin punctus.

Verb

point m (feminine singular pointe, masculine plural points, feminine plural pointes)

  1. past participle of poindre

Etymology 3

From Latin pungit.

Verb

point

  1. third-person singular present indicative of poindre

Anagrams

  • piton

Further reading

  • “point” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

point (verbal noun pointeil, past participle pointit)

  1. appoint

Mutation


Norman

Etymology

From Old French point, from Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. (Jersey) full stop, period (punctuation mark)

Derived terms

  • point d'excliamâtion (exclamation mark)
  • point d'tchestchionn'nie (question mark)
  • point virgule (semicolon)

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin punctum.

Noun

point m (oblique plural poinz or pointz, nominative singular poinz or pointz, nominative plural point)

  1. a sting; a prick
  2. moment; time
  3. (on a die) dot
  4. small amount

Adverb

point

  1. a little
  2. (with ne) not (indicates negation)

Descendants

  • Middle French: poinct
    • French: point

Etymology 2

From Latin punctus.

Verb

point

  1. past participle of poindre

Descendants

  • Dutch: pointeren
  • English: point
  • Middle French: poinct
    • French: point
      • Norwegian Bokmål: poeng

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pw?nt/

Noun

point f pl

  1. genitive plural of pointa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /?põj?.t??(i)/

Noun

point m (plural points)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a location where members of a group usually meet

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