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Definition of Steps

1. Noun. A flight of stairs or a flight of steps.

2. Noun. The course along which a person has walked or is walking in. "His steps turned toward home"

Definition of Steps

1. Noun. (plural of step) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of step) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steps

1. step [v] - See also: step

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steps

stepper steppers steppes stepping stepping-stone stepping back stepping down stepping motor stepping motors stepping razor

stepping stone stepping stones steppingstone steppingstones steprelationship steps (current term) steps back stepsib stepsibling stepsiblings

stepsibs stepsis stepsister stepsisters stepsize stepsizes stepson stepsons stepstone stepstones

Literary usage of Steps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... he and Philostrate summon the 'carious actors by going to steps, beckoning and being tlie general guides. Each actor as he comes on looks supremely ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"3 Portia gives her left hand to Bassanio, who is C; her right hand to Antonio, who is L. They all go up steps and off R. ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"I hope they will bear up their father's name, and tread in their father's steps, and come to their father's end. Great. Indeed, sir, they are likely lads, ..."

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