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In the story, the character used a stride to show a feeling.
What does Stride mean?
to walk with long, confident steps.
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To walk with long, confident steps.
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Our class discussed how the word stride describes body movement in a scene.
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The passage used stride to help readers understand the character's reaction without long explanation.
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What does stride mean?
Stride means to walk with long, confident steps.
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Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to stride?
Long step is close in meaning to stride in this context.
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Partverb, noun.
MeaningStride means to walk with long, confident steps.
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long stepClose in meaning when stride means to walk with long, confident steps.
walk confidentlyClose in meaning when stride means to walk with long, confident steps.
paceClose in meaning when stride means to walk with long, confident steps.
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stride
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striding
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