Meaning & use
Steps
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Movements made by lifting the foot and setting it down in a new position, or a series of actions taken to achieve a goal.
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She climbed the stone steps to the entrance of the museum.
The committee outlined the next steps for rolling out the new policy.
A note on using this word
Steps can refer literally to a staircase or a footfall, or figuratively to stages in a plan or process, as in 'the steps to success.'
Words with a similar meaning
stairsmeasuresactions
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