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The verb has the past tense strode and the past participle stridden. The participle is not readily remembered, and strode is sometimes mistakenly used instead:

☒ Great strides are being strode in the cultivation of pre-teen female engineers—The Face, 1987.

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verb

1. To walk with long steps, especially in a vigorous manner: march¹, stalk. See move/halt.
2. To sit or stand with a leg on each side of: bestride, straddle. See posture.

A solo jazz piano style that arose after 1910 in Harlem, New York, largely derived from ragtime, adapting ragtime's left-hand patterns to form the distinctive ‘stride bass’. The style generally called for fast tempos, use of the piano's full range and many pianistic devices.

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Modern dance group founded by Richard Alston in 1972. Featuring choreography by himself, Jacky Lansley, Sally Potter, and others, it was one of the first small-scale independent dance groups in the UK and had a seminal influence on the development of modern dance. It folded in 1975 and was a forerunner to Second Stride.

The basic unit of walking and running. See gait cycle.

noun pl.
noun pl., now mainly Austral

Trousers. (1889 —) .
N. Shute Could you get into a pair of my strides? (1950).

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For a list of words related to stride, see:

• Baseball - stride: a batter moves his front foot forward when initiating his swing at a pitch
• Gaits - stride: move vigorously with long, measured steps

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See words rhyming with "stridden."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Stride.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - skride, gå med lange skridt, skridte ud
v. tr. - skræve over, skride, gå med lange skridt, skridte ud
n. - langt skridt

idioms:

• get into stride    komme i gang, gøre sig bekendt med
• hit one's stride    komme i gang, gøre sig bekendt med
• take something in one's stride    tage noget i opsvinget
• take something in stride    klare noget med lethed

Nederlands (Dutch)
schrijden, voortstappen, stap

Français (French)
v. intr. - traverser, entrer, ou sortir à grands pas, enjamber qch
v. tr. - parcourir (qch) à grands pas
n. - enjambée, démarche

idioms:

• get into one's stride    trouver son rythme
• hit one's stride    trouver son rythme
• take something in one's stride    prendre qch calmement, accepter qch avec sérénité
• take something in stride    prendre calmement, accepter avec sérénité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schritt
v. - schreiten

idioms:

• get into one's stride    mit etwas spielend fertig werden
• hit one's stride    in Fahrt kommen
• take something in one's stride    mit etwas gut fertig werden
• take something in stride    mit etwas gut fertig werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διασκελισμός, δρασκελιά
v. - δρασκελίζω, διασκελίζω

idioms:

• get into stride    προσαρμόζομαι στο ρυθμό της δουλειάς
• hit one's stride    βρίσκω το ρυθμό μου
• take something in one's stride    ούτε που δίνω σημασία
• take something in stride    καταφέρνω άνετα

Italiano (Italian)
camminare, camminare di buon passo, passo

idioms:

• get into stride    trovare il ritmo giusto
• hit your stride    mettersi in marcia
• take something in (one's) stride    non batter ciglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - passo largo (m)
v. - andar a passos largos

idioms:

• get into stride    pegar impulso
• hit your stride    pegar o embalo (gír.)
• take something in (one's) stride    fazer sem dificuldade

Русский (Russian)
большой шаг, маховый шаг, бег маховым шагом, расстояние между расставленными ногами, успехи, прогресс, развитие, рост, шагать (большими шагами), бежать маховым шагом, перешагнуть

idioms:

• get into stride    войти в ритм, приниматься за дело
• hit your stride    достичь обычной скорости или уровня (в работе)
• take something in (one's) stride    перешагнуть одним махом, перемахнуть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - andar o pasar a zancadas, andar a trancos, dar zancadas
v. tr. - pasar, salvar de un tranco, pasar más allá de, recorrer a trancos, a paso largo, montar a horcajadas
n. - paso, zancada, progreso, adelanto

idioms:

• get into one's stride    buen progreso luego de un comienzo lento, coger el ritmo, entrar en el juego
• hit one's stride    tomar confianza luego de un comienzo inseguro, seguir el ritmo propio
• take something in one's stride    manejar un problema con calma, tomarse las cosas con calma
• take something in stride    manejar un problema con calma, tomarse las cosas con calma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kliv, gång, skrev
v. - gå med långa steg, stega, kliva, mäta med långa steg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
迈大步走, 跨, 越, 大踏步走过, 跨坐在, 跨过, 越过, 大步, 一跨步

idioms:

• get into stride    开始充满信心并熟练地做事
• hit one's stride    以最快的速度前进, 达到正常的速度
• take something in one's stride    一跨而过, 轻易地解决
• take something in stride    轻易做某事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 邁大步走, 跨, 越
v. tr. - 大踏步走過, 跨坐在, 跨過, 越過
n. - 大步, 一跨步

idioms:

• get into stride    開始充滿信心並熟練地做事
• hit one's stride    以最快的速度前進, 達到正常的速度
• take something in one's stride    一跨而過, 輕易地解決
• take something in stride    輕易做某事

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 다리를 벌려 넘다, 성큼 성큼 걷다
v. tr. - 큰 걸음으로 걷다, ~을 넘다, 올라타다
n. - 큰 걸음 , 진보, 정상적 진행

idioms:

• get into stride    일이 궤도에 오르다
• hit one's stride    좋은 컨디션을 되찾다, 본궤도에 오르다
• take something in one's stride    ~을 쉽게 뛰어넘다, 무난히 해결해 나가다
• take something in stride    ~을 수월하게 해내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 大股に歩く, またぎ越す, またぐ, 濶歩する
n. - 大股に歩くこと, ひとまたぎ, 男ズボン

idioms:

• get into stride    本調子になる
• hit your stride    調子を取り戻す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خطوة واسعه, خطوة (فعل) يخطو بخطوات واسعه واجه المحن دون تخوف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חצה בפסיעה גסה, פסע, צעד, ישב או עמד בפישוק, התהלך‬
v. tr. - ‮חצה בפסיעה גסה, ישב או עמד בפישוק, פסח‬
n. - ‮פסיעה גסה, צעד ארוך, התקדמות, שיפור‬

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