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one-step - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A ballroom dance consisting of a series of unbroken rapid steps in 2/4 time.
noun The music for this dance.
intransitive verb To perform this dance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun an early ballroom dance, precursor to the foxtrot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb dance the one-step
noun an early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot
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Most shocking to the keepers of social order, “couples often held each other very close, grasping each other firmly about the waist or about the neck as in a hug . . . the one-step , the bunny hug, and the other new dances allowed a lingering close contact.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
I would have to agree with the DOJ lawyers that they are simply one-step in a long process.
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It's a simple, one-step process that will ensure 100% privacy on each and every website.
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Quickly sharing a file just became a one-step process.
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Epps acknowledges that Forrester's initial reaction to the Kindle as a niche device that would only attract a small number of book-loving early adopters underestimated the fact that consumers would fall in love with the Kindle's one-step shopping system and the immediate gratification of buying books in the Kindle store.
Report: EReader and EBook Market Ready for Growth (ReadWriteWeb) Grace Lee 2009
The Android 3 Honeycomb opening screen provides one-step access to your apps.
CES 2011: Close-up of Motorola's Xoom tablet 2011
Epps acknowledges that Forrester's initial reaction to the Kindle as a niche device that would only attract a small number of book-loving early adopters underestimated the fact that consumers would fall in love with the Kindle's one-step shopping system and the immediate gratification of buying books in the Kindle store.
Archive 2009-06-01 Grace Lee 2009
This ratio implies, to a first approximation, that each population tried every typical one-step mutation many times.
Assessing Fault 2009
With flames rushing up the wall, the dragon roared at the escapees and took one-step forward before Suzaku stood in its way.
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Dow Jones's Steve McGrath explains how this high-profile marque has moved one-step closer to the automobile scrapheap.
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