"step by step" meaning in English

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Adverb

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  1. From one stage to the next in sequence. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. Gradually and steadily. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: bit by bit, little by little, one by one, incrementally, gradually Translations (gradually): βάδην (bádēn) (Ancient Greek), ttaka-ttaka (Basque), 一步一步 (yībù yībù) (Chinese Mandarin), 逐步 (zhúbù) (Chinese Mandarin), paŝon post paŝo (Esperanto), aste-astmelt (Estonian), askel kerrallaan (Finnish), vähitellen (Finnish), asteittain (Finnish), askelittain (Finnish), pas à pas (French), paso e paso (Galician), pouco e pouco (Galician), ნაბიჯ-ნაბიჯ (nabiǯ-nabiǯ) (Georgian), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela) (Georgian), nach und nach (German), Schritt für Schritt (German), schrittweise (German), βαθμηδόν (vathmidón) (Greek), βήμα προς βήμα (víma pros víma) (Greek), lépésről lépésre (Hungarian), lépésenként (Hungarian), skref fyrir skref (Icelandic), pazope (Ido), jalka jalalt (Ingrian), passo a passo (Italian), gradualmente (Italian), poco a poco (Italian), poco per volta (Italian), 一歩一歩 (ippoippo) (alt: いっぽいっぽ) (Japanese), 少しずつ (sukoshi-zutsu) (alt: すこしずつ) (Japanese), gradātim (Latin), pedetemptim (Latin), pakopa po pakopos (Lithuanian), чекор по чекор (čekor po čekor) (Macedonian), trinn for trinn (Norwegian Bokmål), trinn for trinn (Norwegian Nynorsk), قدم به قدم (qadam be qadam) (Persian), گام به گام (gâm be gâm) (Persian), krok po kroku (Polish), passo a passo (Portuguese), pouco a pouco (Portuguese), de pouquinho em pouquinho (Portuguese), gradualmente (Portuguese), pas cu pas (Romanian), шаг за ша́гом (šag za šágom) (Russian), постепе́нно (postepénno) (Russian), ceum is ceum (Scottish Gaelic), beag air bheag (Scottish Gaelic), корак по корак [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), korak po korak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), paso a paso (Spanish), poco a poco (Spanish), de paso en paso (Spanish), steg för steg (Swedish), adım adım (Turkish), yavaş yavaş (Turkish), cam a cham (Welsh), o gam i gam (Welsh), gam gam (Zazaki)
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          "word": "de paso en paso"
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          "sense": "gradually",
          "word": "steg för steg"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gradually",
          "word": "adım adım"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gradually",
          "word": "yavaş yavaş"
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          "word": "cam a cham"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "word": "o gam i gam"
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          "word": "gam gam"
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    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
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          "text": "Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.",
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          "ref": "2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65:",
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      "word": "ttaka-ttaka"
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      "sense": "gradually",
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      "word": "askelittain"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "paso e paso"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ნაბიჯ-ნაბიჯ"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "gradually",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "schrittweise"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "vathmidón",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "βαθμηδόν"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "lépésről lépésre"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "skref fyrir skref"
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      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "jalka jalalt"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "passo a passo"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "gradualmente"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "poco a poco"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "poco per volta"
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      "word": "一歩一歩"
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      "sense": "gradually",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "trinn for trinn"
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      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "trinn for trinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qadam be qadam",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "قدم به قدم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gâm be gâm",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "گام به گام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "krok po kroku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "passo a passo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "pouco a pouco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "de pouquinho em pouquinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "gradualmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "pas cu pas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šag za šágom",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "шаг за ша́гом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postepénno",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "постепе́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "ceum is ceum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "beag air bheag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "корак по корак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "korak po korak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "paso a paso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "poco a poco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "de paso en paso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "steg för steg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "adım adım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "yavaş yavaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "cam a cham"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "o gam i gam"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "gradually",
      "word": "gam gam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "step by step"
}

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