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strides Meaning & Definition

-aɪdz

What Does Strides Mean?

As a noun, strides means plural of stride. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of stride. As a verb, it means To walk with long steps.

Strides in Brief

Part of speechnoun, verb
Pronunciation/-aɪdz/
Syllables1
Pluralonly

Strides Definition (Noun)

  1. plural of stride

Noun

  1. Trousers.

Strides as a Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stride

Verb

  1. 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.

Noun

  1. A long step in walking.
  2. The distance covered by a long step.
  3. The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
  4. A jazz piano style of 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.

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Antonyms of Strides

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Strides in a Sentence

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Word Forms & Grammar

strides

strides pl (plural only)

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How Do You Say Strides?

You say strides as /-aɪdz/. It has 1 syllable.

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