"step-by-step" meaning in All languages combined

See step-by-step on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-step-by-step.wav [US] Forms: more step-by-step [comparative], most step-by-step [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} step-by-step (comparative more step-by-step, superlative most step-by-step)
  1. Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence. Synonyms: stepwise Translations (proceeding from one step to the next in sequence): trinvis (Danish), vaiheittainen (Finnish), askelittainen (Finnish), schrittweise (German), in Einzelschritten (German), stopniowy (Polish), поша́говый (pošágovyj) (Russian), поэта́пный (poetápnyj) (Russian), passu passu (Sicilian), paso a paso (Spanish), steg för steg (Swedish), stegvis (Swedish), покро́ковий (pokrókovyj) (Ukrainian), cam a cham (Welsh), o gam i gam (Welsh)
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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-step-by-step.wav [US] Forms: step-by-steps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} step-by-step (plural step-by-steps)
  1. (informal) A step-by-step guide. Tags: informal
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Inflected forms

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