"stepping stone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stoʊn/ [General-American], /ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stɐʉn/ [New-Zealand] Audio: En-au-stepping stone.ogg Forms: stepping stones [plural]
enPR: stĕpʹĭng-stōn′ Etymology: First attested circa 1325; first used in the figurative sense circa 1653. Head templates: {{en-noun}} stepping stone (plural stepping stones)
  1. A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek. Synonyms: means, way, stepping-stone, steppingstone Related terms: milestone, building block, stumbling block
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  2. (idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else. Tags: idiomatic Translations (something used as a way to progress): 墊腳石 (Chinese Mandarin), 垫脚石 (diànjiǎoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), springbræt [neuter] (Danish), trædesten [common-gender] (Danish), travadoŝtono (Esperanto), ponnahduslauta (Finnish), astinlauta (Finnish), marchepied [masculine] (French), tremplin [masculine] (French), palier [masculine] (French), Sprungbrett [neuter] (German), מַקְפֵּצָה (maqpetzá) [feminine] (Hebrew), ugródeszka (Hungarian), stökkpallur [masculine] (Icelandic), batu loncatan (Indonesian), viatico [masculine] (Italian), trampolino di lancio [masculine] (Italian), trampolino [masculine] (Italian), trampolim [masculine] (Portuguese), ступе́нька (stupénʹka) [feminine] (Russian), трампли́н (tramplín) [masculine] (Russian), ста́ртовая площа́дка (stártovaja ploščádka) [feminine] (Russian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Russian), trampolín [masculine] (Spanish), batong tuntungan (Tagalog)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (stone used to cross something): основопола́гащ ка́мък (osnovopolágašt kámǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 墊腳石 (Chinese Mandarin), 垫脚石 (diànjiǎoshí) (Chinese Mandarin), trædesten [common-gender] (Danish), travadoŝtono (Esperanto), askelkivi (Finnish), see pas japonais and gué (French), Trittstein [masculine] (German), stiklur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), batu loncatan (Indonesian), sasseto [masculine] (Italian), selciaia [feminine] (Italian), acciottolato [masculine] (Italian), 飛び石 (tobiishi) (alt: とびいし) (Japanese), poldra [feminine] (Portuguese), pondra [feminine] (Portuguese), alpondra (Portuguese), ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да (kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda) (english: no exact term exists) [masculine] (Russian), ка́мень-присту́пка (kámenʹ-pristúpka) [masculine] (Russian), clacharan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), batong tuntungan (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'stone used to cross something': 48 52

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      "word": "Trittstein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "stiklur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "batu loncatan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sasseto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "selciaia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acciottolato"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "alt": "とびいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tobiishi",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "飛び石"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poldra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pondra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "alpondra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámenʹ-pristúpka",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мень-присту́пка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clacharan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 52",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "batong tuntungan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stepping stone"
}
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations"
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  "etymology_text": "First attested circa 1325; first used in the figurative sense circa 1653.",
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      "form": "stepping stones",
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      "word": "milestone"
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      "word": "building block"
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      "word": "stumbling block"
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          "ref": "1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:",
          "text": "Falling—her veriest stepping-stone\nShall form the pedestal of a throne— […]",
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        "A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek."
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        {
          "text": "He was full of ambition, and force, and life, intending all sorts of great things, and meaning to make his position a stepping stone to all that was excellent in public life.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Esperanto can make a good stepping stone language to Latin, which may be difficult for amateur linguists.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto I:",
          "text": "I held it truth, with him who sings\n⁠To one clear harp in divers tones,\n⁠That men may rise on stepping-stones\nOf their dead selves to higher things.",
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        "(idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else."
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      "enpr": "stĕpʹĭng-stōn′"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stɐʉn/",
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    {
      "word": "means"
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    {
      "word": "way"
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      "word": "stepping-stone"
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      "word": "steppingstone"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnovopolágašt kámǎk",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "основопола́гащ ка́мък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "墊腳石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànjiǎoshí",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "垫脚石"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trædesten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "travadoŝtono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "askelkivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "see pas japonais and gué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trittstein"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "stiklur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "batu loncatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sasseto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "selciaia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acciottolato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とびいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tobiishi",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "飛び石"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poldra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pondra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "alpondra"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kámenʹ-pristúpka",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́мень-присту́пка"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clacharan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "stone used to cross something",
      "word": "batong tuntungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "墊腳石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànjiǎoshí",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "垫脚石"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "springbræt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trædesten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "travadoŝtono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "ponnahduslauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "astinlauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marchepied"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tremplin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sprungbrett"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maqpetzá",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַקְפֵּצָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "ugródeszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stökkpallur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "batu loncatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viatico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trampolino di lancio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trampolino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trampolim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stupénʹka",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ступе́нька"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tramplín",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трампли́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stártovaja ploščádka",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́ртовая площа́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "placdárm",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плацда́рм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trampolín"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something used as a way to progress",
      "word": "batong tuntungan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stepping stone"
}

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