steps

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛps/

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• Rhymes: -ɛps

Noun

steps

1. plural of step.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

Noun

steps pl (plural only)

1. a course followed by a person in walking or as walking

   She followed the steps of the girl beside her

   Her mother was a writer and Con had always determined to follow in her steps.

2. a flight of stairs, especially out of doors

   He clumped up the steps.

3. (British) stepladder

Verb

steps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of step

Anagrams

• TPSes, pests, septs, spets