Stride | Mean of stride in English Dictionary

/ˈstraɪd/

• Verb
• to walk with very long steps
1. She strode across the room towards me.
• Noun
• a long step
1. She crossed the room in only a few strides.
2. As he ran down the field, the defender kept up with him stride for stride. [=the defender ran next to him at the same speed]
3. The company has matched its competitors stride for stride. [=has not fallen behind its competitors]
• the distance covered by a long step
1. He was standing only a few strides away from me.

• a way of walking
1. He has a distinctive bouncy stride.
2. She entered the room with a confident stride.
• a change or improvement that brings someone closer to a goal
1. Great strides [=advances] have been made in the control of tuberculosis.
2. The patient is making strides toward a complete recovery.
• to stop walking or running in a regular and steady way
1. He caught the ball and passed it to a teammate without breaking stride.
2. She graduated from college, went to law school, and without breaking stride joined a successful law firm.
• to begin to do something in a confident and effective way after starting slowly
1. Both teams seem to have hit their stride in the second half.
• to deal with (something difficult or upsetting) in a calm way
1. I thought she'd be upset, but she has taken the news in stride.