HTTP/2 200
date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:04 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-security-policy-report-only: default-src 'self';img-src 'self' data: https://flickr.com https://*.flickr.com https://s.gravatar.com https://s.gravatar.com/avatar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar https://i1.wp.com/cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://g.stripe.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/ https://farm66.static.flickr.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://tpc.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.amazon-adsystem.com https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://*.3lift.com https://ams-pageview-public.s3.amazonaws.com https://www.google.com https://syndication.twitter.com https://image8.pubmatic.com https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.googleusercontent.com;base-uri 'self';font-src 'self' https: data:;frame-ancestors 'self';frame-src https://js.stripe.com https://platform.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://www.google.com/ https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/;connect-src 'self' https: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ppub_config https://bam.nr-data.net/events/1/cb925c8058;object-src none;script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' report-sample https://js.stripe.com/v3/ https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.4.1.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validate.js/0.13.1/validate.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.5.0/list.min.js https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js https://www.googletagmanager.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js https://js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-spa-1184.min.js https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://bam.nr-data.net https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googletagservices.com https://adservice.google.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tether/1.4.0/js/tether.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clipboard@2.0.8/dist/clipboard.min.js https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/howler/2.1.1/howler.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validator/10.9.0/validator.min.js https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.googlesyndication.com/ https://platform.twitter.com/js/ https://cdn.ampproject.org https://www.google-analytics.com https://adservice.google.be https://adservice.google.ca https://adservice.google.co.id https://adservice.google.co.mz https://adservice.google.co.th https://adservice.google.co.uk https://adservice.google.co.za https://adservice.google.com.au https://adservice.google.com.ec https://adservice.google.com.hk https://adservice.google.com.ng https://adservice.google.com.np https://adservice.google.com.ph https://adservice.google.com.sa https://adservice.google.de https://adservice.google.es https://adservice.google.fi https://adservice.google.fr https://adservice.google.ie https://adservice.google.it https://adservice.google.lk https://adservice.google.lt https://adservice.google.nl https://adservice.google.no https://adservice.google.rs https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net;script-src-attr none;style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline' report-sample;report-uri https://5f9d927665d1a16209ba908c.endpoint.csper.io
x-dns-prefetch-control: off
expect-ct: max-age=0
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-security: max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains
x-download-options: noopen
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policies: none
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin
x-xss-protection: 0
etag: W/"1246f-GDNr9YHbCyn00GeokjBYAgZXn9s"
set-cookie: cookienik=eyJjc3JmU2VjcmV0IjoiSDJmUmVuOHpHZVQtMHhub0w5T0ZGa1c0In0=; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:00:04 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
set-cookie: cookienik.sig=-7SkSqIZxLst4ss4ImRN1tQnpEk; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:00:04 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
vary: Accept-Encoding
content-encoding: gzip
step- - definition and meaning
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
father , mother , brother , sister , son , daughter , child , etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent. See stepchild , stepdaughter , stepson , etc.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
prefix blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English step- , from Old English stēop- ("deprived of a relative, step-", prefix), from Proto-Germanic *steupa- (“orphaned, step-”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teup- (“to push, strike”). Cognate with Scots step- ("step-"), West Frisian stiep- ("step-"), Dutch stief- ("step-"), Low German steef- ("step-"), German stief- ("step-"), Swedish styv- ("step-"), Icelandic stjúp- ("step-"). Related to Old English stīepan ("to deprive, bereave").
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word step- .
Examples
Currently we are taking everything step- by-step, carefully watching the school board's actions.
Jeff Biggers: College-Bound Students Defy Arizona's Witch Hunt with Boycott: Exclusive Interview with Ethnic Studies Students Jeff Biggers 2011
Not all look comfortable with the intricate demands of Bournonville's step- and jump-filled choreography, but all look engaged and eager.
Neapolitan Sunshine Brightens Danish Gloom Robert Greskovic 2011
Not all look comfortable with the intricate demands of Bournonville's step- and jump-filled choreography, but all look engaged and eager.
Neapolitan Sunshine Brightens Danish Gloom Robert Greskovic 2011
Andreas Schmitz, president of the German banking association BdB, said earlier this week that assigning zero risk-weightings to government bonds was a "conscious and targeted piece of regulation from politicians" that "without a doubt created false incentives and should now be replaced step- by-step."
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011
"I don't think any of us expected electric to be a step- function of volume," Federico said.
unknown title 2011
He iced it by sticking a 3-pointer behind the key in Gasol's face, then setting up a left-side 18-footer with a gorgeous pump fake and step- in.
NYT > Home Page By HARVEY ARATON 2012
a In chemistry, the combination of several molecules to form a more complex molecule, usually by a step- or chain-growth mechanism?
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.