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{{also|STEP|štep|stęp|step-}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
[[File:Age-friendly stairs with 2 anti-slip rubber lines.jpeg|thumb|Two steps [2] of a staircase]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/stɛp/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-step.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{homophones|en|steppe}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛp|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|steppen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|steppan||to step, go, proceed, advance}}, {{m|ang|stepe||step}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stappjan}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stapjaną||to step}}, {{m|gem-pro|*stapiz||step}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||to support, stomp, curse, be amazed}}.

Cognate with {{cog|fy|stappe||to step}}, {{cog|frr|stape||to walk, trudge}}, {{cog|nl|stappen||to step, walk}}, {{cog|wa|steper||to walk away, leave}}, {{cog|de|stapfen||to trudge, stomp, plod}} and further to Slavic {{cog|pl|stąpać||to stomp, stamp, step, tread}}, {{cog|ru|ступать}} and {{cog|pl|stopień||step, stair, rung, degree}}, {{cog|ru|степень}}. Related to {{m|en|stamp}}, {{m|en|stomp}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a [[pace]].
#* {{RQ:Vance Outsider|page=382|column=1|passage=Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain '''steps''' when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}<!-- Please no more than 3–4 quotes here, further quotes only in 'Citations' (see [[WT:QUOTE]])-->
# {{senseid|en|Q3289701}}A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a [[stair]], or a [[rung]] of a [[ladder]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1624|author=w:Sir Henry Wotton|title=The Elements Of Architecture
|passage=The breadth of every single '''step''' or stair should be never less than one foot.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=4|passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the '''steps''' of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
#* {{quote-book|en| year=1967| author=w:Barbara Sleigh| title=w:Jessamy| year_published=1993|location=Sevenoaks, Kent| publisher=Bloomsbury| isbn=0 340 19547 9| page=122| passage=Through the open front door ran Jessamy, down the '''steps''' to where Kitto was sitting at the bottom with the pram beside him.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}<!-- Please no more than 3–4 quotes here, further quotes only in 'Citations' (see [[WT:QUOTE]])-->
# The part of a [[spade]], [[digging stick]] or similar tool that a digger's foot rests against and presses on when digging; an [[ear]], a foot-rest.
# {{lb|en|glassblowing}} The [[button#English: glassmaking|button]] joining a glass's stem to its foot.
# A distinct part of a process; [[stage]]; [[phase]].
#: {{ux|en|He improved '''step''' by '''step''', or by '''steps'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|The first '''step''' is to find a job.}}
# A [[running board]] where passengers step to get on and off the bus.
#: {{ux|en|The driver must have a clear view of the '''step''' in order to prevent accidents.}}
# The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.
#: {{ux|en|One '''step''' is generally about three feet, but may be more or less.}}
#* {{RQ:Newton Opticks|passage=To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great '''step''' in philosophy.}}
# A small [[space]] or [[distance]].
#: {{ux|en|It is but a '''step'''.}}
# A print of the foot; a [[footstep]]; a [[footprint]]; [[track]].
# A [[gait]]; manner of walking.
#: {{ux|en|The approach of a man is often known by his '''step'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Chesnutt House Behind the Cedars|I|passage=Warwick passed through one of the wide brick arches and traversed the building with a leisurely '''step'''.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}<!-- Please no more than 3–4 quotes here, further quotes only in 'Citations' (see [[WT:QUOTE]])-->
# Proceeding; measure; action; act.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1717|author=w:Alexander Pope|title=Preface to his collection of poems
|passage=The reputation of a man depends on the first '''steps''' he makes in the world.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1792|author=w:William Cowper|title=The Needless Alarm
|passage=Beware of desperate '''steps'''. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1879|author=w:George Washington Cable|title=Old Creole Days
|passage=I have lately taken '''steps'''{{...}}to relieve the old gentleman's distresses.}}
#* '''2019''', [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311070055/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/south-korea-proposes-rain-project-with-china-to-cut-pollution/4819207.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)
#*: Moon has also requested that government officials take additional '''steps''' to help fight pollution, his spokesman said.
#*:: {{audio|en|Moon has also requested that government officials take additional steps to help fight pollution, his spokesman said.ogg|a=US}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} A [[walk]]; [[passage]].
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis|passage=Conduct my '''steps''' to find the fatal tree.}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the [[keelson]], supporting the heel of the mast.
# {{lb|en|machines}} One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
# {{lb|en|machines}} A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
# {{senseid|en|music}} {{lb|en|music}} The [[interval]] between two contiguous degrees of the scale.
#: '''Usage note:''' The word [[tone]] is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian ''[[scala]]'', a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.
# {{lb|en|kinematics}} A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1878|author=w:William Kingdon Clifford|title=Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion
|passage=A change of position effected by a motion of translation will be called a '''''step'''''.}}
# {{lb|en|programming}} A constant difference between consecutive values in a series. <!--usu. "step size"-->
#: {{ux|en|Printing from 0 to 9 with a '''step''' of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|primarily [[Netherlands]]}} [[kick scooter|Kick scooter]].
# [[stepping#Noun|Stepping]] (style of dance)

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|pace}} {{l|en|stride}}

=====Hyponyms=====
* {{l|en|back step}}, {{l|en|half step}}, etc. see under [[back]], [[half]], etc.
* {{l|en|cyclic step}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step|corbie step|goose step|high-step|Irish step dancing|naughty step|one step ahead|one-step|route step|stair-step|stepchair|step climb|step foot|step rocket|step show|step up one's game|T-step|take a step back|Tecumseh step test|Tennessee quick step|the first step is always the hardest|umbrella step|mast step|Pinoy step| fish steps|Penrose steps|retrace one's steps|tread in someone's steps|two steps ahead
|baby step
|between-step
|body step
|catch step
|coaster step
|corbie-step
|cross-step
|dance step
|Eureka step
|false step|13th step|step time
|fire step
|goose-step
|half-step|time step
|kick-step
|misstep
|naughty step
|oblique step
|one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
|step-by-step
|step change
|step chart
|step-climb
|step deal
|step flashing
|step-free
|step function
|step ladder
|stepmeal
|stepper
|step pyramid
|stepwise
|in step
|out of step
|spring in one's step
|step aerobics
|step by step
|step grate
|step machine
|step stool
|take steps
|three-step snake
|twelve-step program
|two-step
|one step at a time
|watch one's step
|whole step
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|pace}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|hap|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خُطْوَة|f}}, {{t|ar|خَطْوَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|خطوة|f|tr=ḵaṭwa}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|خطوة|f|tr=ḵaṭwa}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քայլ}}
* Avar: {{t|av|гали}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|addım}}
* Baluchi: {{t|bal|قدم|tr=qadam}}, {{t|bal|گام|tr=gám}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аҙым}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|urrats}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|крок|m}}, {{t|be|шаг|m}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|कदम}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъ́пка|f}}, {{t+|bg|кра́чка|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အလှမ်း}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pas|m}}, {{t+|ca|passa|f}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|tepane}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|步|tr=bù}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kamm|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|krok|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|puas|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|trit|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stap|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|paŝado}}, {{t|eo|paŝo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|samm}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|fet|n}}, {{t|fo|stig|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pas|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|pas|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|paso|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნაბიჯი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schritt|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βήμα|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|βάσις|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צַעַד|m|tr=tsá'ad}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पद|m}}, {{t|hi|क़दम|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lépés}}
* Iban: {{t|iba|langkas}}, {{t|iba|langkah}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|skref|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|pazo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|langkah}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|harkkamus}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|passo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|足取り|tr=あしどり, ashidori}}, {{t+|ja|ステップ|tr=suteppu}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|jangkah}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қадам}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ជំហាន}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|걸음}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|گاو|f}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|gav|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|адым}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ກ້າວ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|sūļs}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|passus|m}}, {{t+|la|gradus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|solis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žingsnis|m}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|pass|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|чекор|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|langkah}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|kesmad|m}}, {{t|gv|caskeim|f}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|steppe}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|алхаа}}, {{t+|mn|алхам}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|skritt|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|pas|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|stæpe|m}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|langkah}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|آدیم|tr=adım}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|قدم|m|tr=qadam}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|قَدَم|tr=qadam}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Schrett|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|krok|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|passo}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|thatki}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas|m}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|pass|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шаг|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|पद|n}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|passu}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ко̏ра̄к|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kȍrāk|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|krok|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|korȃk|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paso|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|steg|n}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|қадам}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|адым}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ก้าว}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|adım}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ädim}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|càm}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|крок|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|قَدَم|m|tr=qadam}}, {{t|ur|پَد|m|tr=pad}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قەدەم}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qadam}}, {{t+|uz|odim}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|paso|m}}, {{t|vec|pas|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bước}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cam|m}}
* Yakan: {{t|yka|tekang}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שריט|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|gam|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|աստիճան}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|баҫҡыс}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|maila}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|прысту́пка|f}}, {{t|be|схо́дзень|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъпа́ло|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|esglaó|m}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᎩᏠᏒᏍᏗᎢ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|階|tr=jiē}}
* Czech: {{qualifier|staircase}} {{t+|cs|schod|m}}, {{qualifier|ladder}} {{t+|cs|příčka|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|trin|c}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ŝtupo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askelma}}
* French: {{t+|fr|marche|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|banzo|m}}, {{t|gl|chanzo|m}}, {{t|gl|paso|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stufe|f}}, {{t+|de|Sprosse|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκαλί|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|βαθμός|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lépcső}}, {{t+|hu|lépcsőfok}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|þrep|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|grado}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|scaleîn|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scalino|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|段|tr=だん, dan}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កាំ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|단(段)}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|pakuopīņs}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|gradus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pakāpiens}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡨᡝᡵᡴᡳᠨ}}
* Manx: {{qualifier|on ladder}} {{t|gv|tesmad|f}}, {{qualifier|on stairs}} {{t|gv|greeish|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaupeka}}, {{t|mi|kaupae}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|steppe}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|гишгүүр}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|trin}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|stæpe|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باصامق|tr=basamak}}, {{t|ota|مرتبه|tr=mertebe}}, {{t|ota|پایه|tr=paye}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stopień|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|degrau|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|treaptă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ступе́нька|f}}, {{t+|ru|ступе́нь|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{qualifier|stairs}} {{t|gd|staidhre|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|peldaño|m}}, {{t+|es|escalón|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|steg}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขั้น}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|щабе́ль|m}} {{qualifier|ladder}}, {{t|uk|схо́динка|f}}, {{t|uk|схі́дець|m}} {{qualifier|staircase}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|zinapoya}}, {{t+|uz|pogʻona}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|scalin|m}}, {{t|vec|scałin|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bậc}}, {{t+|vi|bực}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a distinct part of a process; stage; phase}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|fase}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъ́пка|f}}, {{t+|bg|фа́за|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|krok|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|stadio}}, {{t|eo|fazo}}, {{t|eo|etapo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|étape|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|paso|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|φάση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|βαθμός|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fase|f}}, {{t+|it|stadio|m}}, {{t+|it|passaggio|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|langkah}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kauwae}}, {{t|mi|hipanga}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|stage}}, {{t|enm|steppe}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باصامق|tr=basamak}}, {{t|ota|مرتبه|tr=mertebe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|krok|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|passo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|running board}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|marxapeu|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|trinbræt|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askelma}}, {{t+|fi|astinlauta}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|段|tr=だん, dan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stopień|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estribo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подно́жка|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քայլ}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аҙым}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кра́чка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|passa|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|skridt|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|paŝo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pas|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|alancada|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διασκελισμός|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|歩|tr=ほ, ho}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|skritt|n}}, {{t+|no|steg|n}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|آدیم|tr=adım}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|krok|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|passo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas|m}}, {{t+|ro|pași|m-p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шаг|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|korak|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paso|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|steg|n}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ก้าว}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|крок|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|small space or distance}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քայլ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъ́пка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|passa|f}}, {{t+|ca|pas|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel}}, {{t+|fi|kukonaskel}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|paso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ひとまたぎ|tr=hitomatagi}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|steppe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|krok|m}}, {{t+|pl|kroczek|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шаг|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|крок|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|footstep}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خَطْوَة|f}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|эҙ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|petjada|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fodspor|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voetstap|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|jalanjälki}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|pegada|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schritt|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ίχνος|n}}, {{t+|el|χνάρι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἴχνος|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|langkah kaki}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|urma|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|passo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|足跡|tr=あしあと, ashiato}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|steppe}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|stæpe|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|آدیم|tr=adım}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ślad|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pegada|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas}}, {{t+|ro|pași|m-p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|след|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|stopinja|f}}, {{t+|sl|sled|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paso|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fotspår|n}}, {{t+|sv|fotsteg|n}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฝีเท้า}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|[[càm]] [[kha]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|manner of walking}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قِيَافَة|f}}, {{t|ar|مِشْيَة|f}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аҙым}}, {{t|ba|йөрөш}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|похо́дка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pas|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|步態}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|gang|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel|alt=askelet}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schritt|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βηματισμός|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|足並み|tr=あしなみ, ashinami}}, {{t|ja|歩き方|tr=あるきかた, arukikata}}, {{t+|ja|足音|tr=あしおと, ashioto}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|stæpe|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|chód|m}}, {{t+|pl|krok|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|andadura|f}}, {{t+|pt|porte|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|похо́дка|f}}, {{t+|ru|по́ступь|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|hoja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paso|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gång|c}}, {{t|sv|gångstil|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|хода́|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|proceeding; measure; action; act}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|аҙым}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ход|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|skridt|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|toimenpide}}, {{t+|fi|askel}}
* French: {{t+|fr|étape}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schritt|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tappa}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|段階|tr=だんかい, dankai}}, {{t+|ja|行程|tr=こうてい, kōtei}}, {{t+|ja|道のり|tr=みちのり, michinori}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|단계(段階)}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|krok|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|passo|m}}, {{t+|pt|etapa|f}}, {{t+|pt|etapa}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas|m}}, {{t+|ro|pași|m-p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шаг|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|paso|m}}, {{t+|es|etapa|f}}, {{t+|es|providencia|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|framsteg|n}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขั้นตอน}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|крок|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in the plural: walk; passage}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel|alt=askelet}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|行程|tr=こうてい, kōtei}}, {{t+|ja|道のり|tr=みちのり, michinori}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|hoja|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in the plural: portable framework of stairs}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стълби|f-p}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tikkaat|p}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|踏み台|tr=ふみだい, fumidai}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|drabinka|f}}, {{t+|pl|drabina|f}}, {{t+|pl|drabka|f}} {{qualifier|colloquially}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стремянка}}, {{t+|ru|лестница}}, {{t|ru|ступени раскладные}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical: framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|jalusta}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|檣座|tr=しょうざ, shōza}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|machinery: one of a series of offsets, resembling the steps of stairs}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|machinery: bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kannatinlaakeri}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|music: interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βαθμίδα|f}}, {{t+|el|σκαλί|n}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|度|tr=ど, do}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ступе́нь|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|kinematics: change of position effected by a motion of translation}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъпка|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|askel}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pas|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t-check|crh|adım}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|stap|m}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|pas|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|צַעַד|m|tr=tsá'ad}}
* Icelandic: {{t-check|is|skref|n}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|pazo}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|passo|m}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|걸음}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t-check|ckb|ھەنگاو}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|gav}}, {{t+check|kmr|pêngav}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|korak|m}}
* Slovene: {{t-check|sl|korak|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|steg|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+check|tr|adım}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=stept|past2_qual=dated|past3=stope|past3_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=stept|past_ptc2_qual=dated}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-01|volume=407|issue=8838
|page=13 (Technology Quarterly)|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578516-transport-new-train-technologies-are-less-visible-and-spread-less-quickly Ideas coming down the track]
|passage=A “moving platform” scheme{{...}}is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by '''stepping''' through docking bays.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.
#: {{ux|en|to '''step''' to one of the neighbors}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=John Buchan|title=The Outgoing of the Tide
|passage=Some days later it happened that young Heriotside was '''stepping''' home over the Lang Muir about ten at night, it being his first jaunt from home since his arm had mended.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
#* {{RQ:Thomson Summer|year=1768|passage=Home from his Morning-Task , the Swain retreats, His flock before him '''stepping''' to the fold.}}
# To [[dance]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013| title=The Last Pathway Home |author=Calvin Vraa | page=179| passage=At arms length with left hands clasped they moved back where facing each other they '''stepped''' in time to their dance embrace. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013| title=Call Nurse Millie|author=Jean Fullerton | page=| passage=She clapped, but instead of walking her back to the table, Alex took her hand and pulled her gently towards him, slipping his arm around her waist again and '''stepping''' her off on the first beat of the next dance.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017| title=A Christmas Kind of Perfect|author=Christine Schimpf | page=| passage=He '''stepped''' to the beat of one of their favorite songs.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018| title=The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness|author=Paula Poundstone | page=180| passage=He put on a tame version of the 1960s song “The Letter,” wrapped his right arm around my waist, raised my right hand, draped it over his left, and we '''stepped''', '''stepped''', and back '''stepped''' to the beat.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To move mentally; to go in imagination.
#* {{RQ:Homer Pope Iliad|book=preface|passage=They are '''stepping''' almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To set, as the foot.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Charles E. Miller|title=Winds of Mercy: 40 Short Stories|page=219
|passage=One of the women, Elsie, '''stepped''' her foot inside to help the woman.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to [[erect]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1898|author=w:Joseph Conrad|title=[[s:Youth (Conrad)|Youth]]
|passage=We put everything straight, '''stepped''' the long-boat's mast for our skipper, who was in charge of her, and I was not sorry to sit down for a moment.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[advance]] a [[process]] [[gradually]], one [[#Noun|step]] at a time.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|slang|AAVE}} To [[depart]].
#: {{ux|en|You best '''step''', cuz things are about to jump off.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel3|en
|cross-step
|goose-step
|misstep
|roll step|step-off
|step aside
|step between
|step dance
|step down
|step forth
|step forward
|step in
|step into
|step into the breach
|step-in
|step off
|step on
|step on a duck
|step on a frog
|step on a rake
|step on it|step and repeat|step into someone's shoes|step lively|step on someone's lines
|step on the gas
|step out
|step out of line
|stepover
|step short
|step to
|step off
|step up
|step up to the plate
|stepping stone|step back|step it|step on someone's toes|step on the laughs|step out on someone|step over|step-through|step-thru|you can't step in the same river twice|smell what someone is stepping in
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|intransitive: to move the foot in walking}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քայլել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъпвам}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lakang}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|邁|tr=mài}}, {{t+|cmn|踩|tr=cǎi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kráčet}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stappen}}
* Even: {{t|eve|геркадай}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|гиркуми}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astua}}
* French: {{t|fr|faire un pas}}, {{t+|fr|marcher}}
* German: {{t+|de|treten}}, {{t+|de|schreiten}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βηματίζω}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|lakad}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lép}}, {{t+|hu|lépdel}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|pazar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|berjalan}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|harkata}}, {{t|izh|astua}}, {{t|izh|harpata}}
* Irish:
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|cingid}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|踏む|tr=[[ふむ]], fumu}}, {{t|ja|踏み出す|tr=[[ふみだす]], fumi-dasu}}, {{t|ja|踏み入れる|tr=[[ふみいれる]], fumi-ireru}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ឈាន|tr=cʰien|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ឈ្នាន|tr=cnien|sc=Khmr}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|gradior}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|soļot}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whetoko}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|алхах}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|гиран-}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[dar]] [[um]] [[passo]]}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|thatkiy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|păși}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шага́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|шагну́ть}}, {{t+|ru|ступа́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|ступи́ть}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ceumnaich}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|korakati}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|stupiś}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pisar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|adım}} {{t+|tr|atmak}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|càm}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bước}}
* Záparo: {{t|zro|achichanu}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|gam}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քայլել}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|крача}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kráčet}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stappen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astella}}
* French: {{t+|fr|marcher}}
* German: {{t+|de|treten}}, {{t+|de|schreiten}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βηματίζω}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|歩く|tr=[[あるく]], aruku}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|dar um pulo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шага́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|шагну́ть}}, {{t+|ru|идти́}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ceumnaich}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|stopiti}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intransitive: to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъпвам}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stappen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astua}}, {{t+|fi|astella}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|歩む|tr=[[あゆむ]], ayumu}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kroczyć|impf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ceumnaich}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|intransitive, figuratively: to move mentally}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kráčet}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gaan}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astua}}, {{t+|fi|siirtyä}}
* German: {{t+|de|treten}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|перенести́сь}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|hatua}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|transitive: to set, as the foot}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pokládat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|astua}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|thoir}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|transitive, nautical: to erect}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nostaa}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|立てる|tr=[[たてる]], tateru}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Estonian: {{t-check|et|astuma}}
* Hebrew: {{t+check|he|דרך|tr=darakh}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|走|tr=zǒu}}, {{t+check|cmn|步行|tr=bùxíng}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|caminar}}
* Turkish: {{t-check|tr|[[adım]] [[atmak]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|en|stepchild}} and {{clipping|en|stepsibling|notext=1}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[stepchild]].
#* {{quote-book|en|date=September 6 1934|author=w:George Herriman|title=w:Krazy Kat|page=234|publisher=comic strip|isbn=978-1-63140-408-5
|passage=[Krazy Kat, after complimenting a woman on her nice polite little child:] Boy or girl? <br> [Woman:] '''Step''' – but well brung up.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[stepsibling]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2016|author=Robert M. Herzog|title=A World Between|passage=So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of '''steps''' and halves that is another legacy of my father.}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|step-}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OneLook}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=epst|EPTs|ESTP|PETs|Pest|Sept|Sept.|TPEs|Teps|pest|pets|sept|sept-|spet}}

{{c|en|Family members|Gaits}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|ɛp}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|cs|uk|степ}}.<ref>{{R:cs:Machek 1968|step|577}}</ref> {{etydate|18th century}}.

====Noun====
{{cs-noun|f}}

# [[steppe]]

=====Declension=====
{{cs-ndecl|f.mixedistem:myš}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|cs|en|step}}.

====Noun====
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# [[tap dance]]

=====Declension=====
{{cs-ndecl|m}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

{{C|cs|Dances|Geography}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|step|t=footrest on a bicycle}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/stɛp/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-step.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|step}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɛp|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|-s|+}}

# [[kick scooter]]
#: {{syn|nl|autoped|trottinette}}
# {{lb|nl|dated}} a [[mounting]] [[bracket]] on a [[bicycle]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|steppen}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pap|stèp|bor=1}}

==Indonesian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|/s(ə)tɛp/|}}
* {{hyphenation|id|stèp}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|id|en|step}}, from {{der|id|enm|steppen}}, from {{der|id|ang|steppan||to step, go, proceed, advance}}, {{m|ang|stepe||step}}, from {{der|id|gem-pro|*stapjaną||to step}}, {{m|gem-pro|*stapiz||step}}, from {{der|id|ine-pro|*stab-||to support, stomp, curse, be amazed}}.

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=stèp|}}

# {{l|en|step}}; [[pace]], [[gait]].

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|id|nl|stuip|t=convulsion}}, from {{der|id|dum|[[stūpe]], [[stupen]], [[stuypen]]|t=convulsion|lit=to duck, to bend down}}, from {{der|id|ang|stupian|t=to stoop, bend over}} (compare to {{cog|en|stoop|t=to bend}}), from {{der|id|non|stúpa}}, from {{der|id|gem-pro|*stūpōną}}, {{m|gem-pro|*stūpijaną|t=to stand out}}, from {{der|id|ine-pro|*(s)tewb-|t=to push, butt, knock}}. {{doublet|id|setip}}.

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=stèp|}}

# {{lb|id|colloquial|medicine}} {{l|en|convulsion}}.
#: {{syn|id|kejang|konvulsi|sawan}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{l|id|setip}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|steppe}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|uk|степ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-step.wav}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|often|_|in the plural}} [[steppe]]

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|en|step}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|-}}

# {{lb|ro|dance}} [[tap dance]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n|n=sg}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|en|step}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+,estep}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|-}}

# [[step training]]

====Usage notes====
{{es-unadapted}}

==Turkish==
{{wp|steps|lang=tr}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/step/}}

===Etymology 1===
Through {{bor|tr|en|steppe}} or borrowed directly from {{bor|tr|fr|steppe}}, from {{der|tr|ru|степь}}.

====Noun====
{{tr-noun|i|ler}}

# [[steppe]] {{gl|the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia}}
#: {{syn|tr|bozkır}}

=====Declension=====
{{tr-infl-noun-c|e|pred=1|poss=1|stem=step}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|tr|step iklimi}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|tr|en|step}}.

====Noun====
{{tr-noun|i|ler}}

# {{lb|tr|basketball}} [[traveling]] {{gl|basketball rule violation}}
#: {{syn|tr|hatalı yürüme}}
# {{lb|tr|dance}} {{rfdef|tr}}

=====Declension=====
{{tr-infl-noun-c|e|pred=1|poss=1|stem=step}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|tr|stepçi}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:tr:TDK}}
* {{R:tr:Nişanyan|step1}}
* {{R:tr:Nişanyan|step2}}
* {{R:lugatim}}
* {{R:tr:OTK|vol=4|page=4251}}

{{c|tr|Asia|Europe|Geography}}