"step-by-step" meaning in English

See step-by-step in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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), поша́говый (pošágovyj) (Russian), поэта́пный (poetápnyj) (Russian), steg för steg (Swedish), stegvis (Swedish), покро́ковий (pokrókovyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-step-by-step-en-adj-UpxNuK8c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19

Noun

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
    Sense id: en-step-by-step-en-noun-yIVcgkh0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for step-by-step meaning in English (3.4kB)

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      "form": "more step-by-step",
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        {
          "text": "The step-by-step directions walked me through the assembly, but identifying the parts was still hard.",
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        "Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence."
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "trinvis"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "vaiheittainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "askelittainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "schrittweise"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "in Einzelschritten"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pošágovyj",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "поша́говый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poetápnyj",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "поэта́пный"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "steg för steg"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "stegvis"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokrókovyj",
          "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
          "word": "покро́ковий"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "step-by-step"
}

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          "text": "Wiktionary provides great step-by-steps on how to create a complete dictionary entry.",
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        "(informal) A step-by-step guide."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "trinvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "vaiheittainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "askelittainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "schrittweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "in Einzelschritten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pošágovyj",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "поша́говый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poetápnyj",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "поэта́пный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "steg för steg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "stegvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokrókovyj",
      "sense": "proceeding from one step to the next in sequence",
      "word": "покро́ковий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "step-by-step"
}

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