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“Step” or “Steppe”

step / steppe are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

step s·t·EH·p

  • nounthe act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down.
  • nounsupport consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
  • nouna short distance.
  • nouna solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
  • verbshift or move by taking a step.
  • verbput down or press the foot, place the foot.
  • verbcause (a computer) to execute a single command.
  • verbfurnish with steps.
  • verbmove with one's feet in a specific manner.
  • verbwalk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner.
  • verbplace (a ship's mast) in its step.
  • verbmove or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.

steppe s·t·EH·p

  • nounextensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
Usage

Examples in context

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“step”

  • In the first step the nuclear kinetic energy is…
  • which are the normal second step of the BO equations discussed
  • …His-274 formed in the last step abstracts the hydroxyl enol proton…
  • STEP AP210: ISO 10303-210, Electronic assembly…
  • Prior to this step, the Institute was granted a…
  • Players are given a 15 step recommended sequence of play list…
  • This second step of the BO approximation involves…
  • …a draft specification adding nested step and repeat and block apertures…
  • …equation appearing in the second step of the BO approximation.
  • To that end the second step of the BO approximation is…

“steppe”

  • A possible ancestor, the extinct steppe bison, B. priscus, is known…
  • …a project to recreate the steppe ecosystem which began to be…
  • The reserve is meadow-steppe and forest steppe, known for…
  • …of hybridisation between the extinct Steppe bison (Bison priscus) and the…
  • …claimed the vast 18,000 km² steppe was "uninhabited").
  • …by a mosaic of forests, steppe, and riverine wetlands.
  • …in the East European forest steppe ecoregion, a transition zone between…
  • guard Brook Steppe averaged 25.7 points per game…
  • It is located on the steppe in northeast Kazakhstan (then the…
  • In the Pontic steppe and the Caucasus region, the…

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