stride
verb/straɪd/
/straɪd/
[intransitive] not used in the perfect tensesVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stride | /straɪd/ /straɪd/ |
| he / she / it strides | /straɪdz/ /straɪdz/ |
| past simple strode | /strəʊd/ /strəʊd/ |
| -ing form striding | /ˈstraɪdɪŋ/ /ˈstraɪdɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to walk with long steps in a particular direction
- We strode across the snowy fields.
- She came striding along to meet me.
Extra Examples- He strode off in search of a taxi.
- She strode purposefully towards the door.
- Andrew strode out briskly along the rocky track.
- He strode past her into the hall.
- She strode angrily into his office.
- The man strode confidently onto the stage.
- We could see her striding across the grass towards the house.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- quickly
- confidently
- …
- across
- down
- out of
- …
- come striding
Word OriginOld English stride (noun) ‘single long step’, strīdan (verb) ‘stand or walk with the legs wide apart’, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘strive, quarrel’; related to Dutch strijden ‘fight’ and German streiten ‘quarrel’.
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