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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stride
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stride

Stride \Stride\, v. t. [imp. Strode(Obs. Strid); p. p. Stridden(Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] [AS. str[=i]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[=i]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. str[=i]tan; of uncertain origin. Cf. Straddle.]

  1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

    Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.
    --Dryden.

  2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Stride

Stride \Stride\, v. t.

  1. To pass over at a step; to step over. ``A debtor that not dares to stride a limit.''
    --Shak.

  2. To straddle; to bestride.

    I mean to stride your steed.
    --Shak.

Stride

Stride \Stride\, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
--Pope.

God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom.
--Cowper.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stride

Old English stridan (past tense strad, past participle striden), "to straddle, mount" (a horse), from Proto-Germanic *stridanan (cognates: Middle Low German strede "stride, strive;" Old Saxon stridian, Danish stride, Swedish strida "to fight," Dutch stridjen, Old High German stritan, German etreiten "to fight, contend, struggle," Old Norse striðr "strong, hard, stubborn, severe").\n

\nThe sense connection in the various Germanic forms is perhaps "strive, make a strong effort;" the senses having to do with walking and standing are found only in English and Low German. Meaning "to walk with long or extended steps" is from c.1200. Cognate words in most Germanic languages mean "to fight, struggle;" the notion behind the English usage might be the effort involved in making long strides, striving forward.

stride

"a step in walking," especially a long one, from Old English stride "a stride, a step," from the root of stride (v.). Compare Dutch strijd, Old High German strit, German Streit "fight, contention, combat," Swedish and Danish strid "combat, contention." From c.1300 as a measure of distance roughly the length of a stride. Figurative meaning "advance rapidly, make progress" is from c.1600. Of animals (especially horses) from early 17c. To take (something) in stride (1832), i.e. "without change of gait," originally is of horses leaping hedges in the hunting-field; figurative sense attested from 1902. To hit (one's) stride is from horse-racing. Jazz music stride tempo is attested from 1938. Meaning "a standing with the legs apart, a straddle" is from 1590s.

Wiktionary
stride

Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To walk with long steps. 2 To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle. 3 To pass over at a step; to step over. 4 To straddle; to bestride. Etymology 2

n. A long step.

WordNet
stride
  1. v. walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"

  2. cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"

  3. [also: strode, stridden]

stride
  1. n. a step in walking or running [syn: pace, tread]

  2. the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step]

  3. significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"

  4. [also: strode, stridden]

Wikipedia
STRIDE

In protein structure, STRIDE (Structural identification) is an algorithm for the assignment of protein secondary structure elements given the atomic coordinates of the protein, as defined by X-ray crystallography, protein NMR, or another protein structure determination method. In addition to the hydrogen bond criteria used by the more common DSSP algorithm, the STRIDE assignment criteria also include dihedral angle potentials. As such, its criteria for defining individual secondary structures are more complex than those of DSSP. The STRIDE energy function contains a hydrogen-bond term containing a Lennard-Jones-like 8-6 distance-dependent potential and two angular dependence factors reflecting the planarity of the optimized hydrogen bond geometry. The criteria for individual secondary structural elements, which are divided into the same groups as those reported by DSSP, also contain statistical probability factors derived from empirical examinations of solved structures with visually assigned secondary structure elements extracted from the Protein Data Bank.

Although DSSP is the older method and continues to be the most commonly used, the original STRIDE definition reported it to give a more satisfactory structural assignment in at least 70% of cases. In particular, STRIDE was observed to correct for the propensity of DSSP to assign shorter secondary structures than would be assigned by an expert crystallographer, usually due to the minor local variations in structure that are most common near the termini of secondary structure elements. Using a sliding-window method to smooth variations in assignment of single terminal residues, current implementations of STRIDE and DSSP are reported to agree in up to 95.4% of cases. Both STRIDE and DSSP, among other common secondary structure assignment methods, are believed to underpredict pi helices.

Stride (band)

Stride is American progressive metal band that formed in Houston in 1996. They currently have three releases including the 2003 album Bah Humbug which is an album of Christmas songs. Stride also played in the ProgPower USA VI music festival.

Stride (gum)

Stride is a brand of chewing gum created by Cadbury (owned by Mondelēz International). Its packs usually consist of 14 pieces of gum.

Stride (surname)

Stride may refer to:

  • Darren Stride, (born 1976), world traveller, self-employed business man
  • Darren Stride, (born 1975), English professional footballer
  • David Stride, (born 1958), former English professional footballer
  • Elizabeth Stride, (1843–1888), murder victim
  • John Stride, (born 1936), English actor
  • Mel Stride, British politician
  • Steve Stride, (born c.1950), former operations director of Aston Villa FC
  • Virginia Stride, British actress
Stride (music)

Harlem Stride Piano, stride piano, commonly abbreviated to stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the US East Coast, mainly New York, during the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats. Occasionally this pattern is reversed by placing the chord on the downbeat and bass note(s) on the upbeat. Unlike performers of the ragtime popularized by Scott Joplin and unlike much early jazz, stride players' left hands often leapt greater distances on the keyboard, and they played in a wider range of tempos and with a greater emphasis on improvisation.

STRIDE (security)

STRIDE is a system developed by Microsoft for thinking about computer security threats. It provides a mnemonic for security threats in six categories.

The threat categories are:

  • Spoofing of user identity
  • Tampering
  • Repudiation
  • Information disclosure ( privacy breach or data leak)
  • Denial of service (D.o.S)
  • Elevation of privilege

The STRIDE name comes from the initials of the six threat categories listed. It was initially proposed for threat modelling, but is now used more broadly.

Usage examples of "stride".

Tired, achy, irritable, she strode to the kitchen, popped the top on a beer, ripped open a bag of pretzels to go with it.

While these unfinished exclamations were actually passing my lips I chanced to cross that infernal mat, and it is no more startling than true, but at my word a quiver of expectation ran through that gaunt web--a rustle of anticipation filled its ancient fabric, and one frayed corner surged up, and as I passed off its surface in my stride, the sentence still unfinished on my lips, wrapped itself about my left leg with extraordinary swiftness and so effectively that I nearly fell into the arms of my landlady, who opened the door at the moment and came in with a tray and the steak and tomatoes mentioned more than once already.

Mallet strode five paces behind the big Napan woman, Spindle trotting at his heels, followed by Antsy, with Trotts a dozen paces back as rearguard.

But on the whole, women have made great strides in the matter of costuming with a view to appropriateness and efficiency.

Smallweed and a parting salutation to the scornful Judy, strides out of the parlour, clashing imaginary sabres and other metallic appurtenances as he goes.

Almost arrogantly the slim lad turned and strode to the settee where Leala sat.

Alaina railed at her quivering cousin, then she straightened, almost calmly, and strode arrogantly about the kitchen.

A Long Tall Texan Summer Diana Palmer 227 He winked at Kitty and nodded at Drew before he strode off toward the Ballenger brothers and their wives.

Stooped, he strode stiffly to the machine shop and inquired of the machinist when the buzz saw and lathe were planning to take a fairly protracted intermission, because he, the ballet pianist and former concert pianist, wished to practice, very softly, some thing complicated, a so-called adagio.

He strode towards Alyssa, intent on avenging his comrade, but as he did so his blade flew out to the side and caught Barca a sharp blow on his kneecap.

Liene exchanged noisy greetings with half a dozen people, questioned the price of a pound of jasmine tea, and arranged for it to be delivered to the Bardic Hall at the lower price all without breaking stride.

If you have been guided here by songs, by Seers, by a giant form striding to the north, well-if there is anything of Barish remaining, he will be trying to reach me.

The captain strode to the rail, leaning against it as he watched the barouche swing about and disappear around the corner of a warehouse.

With that Ameronis threw back the coverlet and strode out onto the bartizan and mounted a flight of steps to the battlements.

The commander dipped his head, and Ameronis strode from the wall walk on bare feet, back down the steps and across the bartizan to his chamber.