What is the past participle of stride?
According to most dictionaries, the past participle of stride is definitely stridden: I strode, I had stridden. An exception is the OED which also lists strode as a 'colloquial' past participle. What interests me is the fact that the colloquial form now seems to be taking over.
How common is stridden in the UK compared to Strode?
The dominance of 'strode' is even greater in the UK: 174 hits for strode, only 28 for stridden! A lot of the striding in Britain is done in areas where it's common to use the preterite in place of the past participle for all verbs, ie. Scotland and the far north of England. The question which I want to ask is: which form sounds right to your 'ear'?
Is there a colloquial alternative to stridden?
NewSOED gives "strode" as a colloquial alternative to "stridden". I checked three mainstream online American dictionaries (M-W, AHD4, Encarta) and none listed "strode" as an alternative to "stridden." I have no recollection of ever using a past participle for "stride."
What does strides mean in horse riding?
A single coordinated movement of the four legs of a horse or other animal, completed when the legs return to their initial relative position. b. The distance traveled in such a movement. 4. often strides A step of progress; an advance: making great strides in their studies.
Is Strided a word?
(nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of stride.
How do you spell Strided?
verb (used with object), strode [strohd], strid·den [strid-n], strid·ing. to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck.
Is strode the past tense of stride?
past tense of stride is strode.
What is the past tense of Strode?
Similar verbsVerbSimple pastPast Participlestridestrodestriddenstrikestruckstruck/strickenstrivestrived/strovestrived/strivenswellswelledswollen39 more rows
What is the synonym of Strode?
Past tense for walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction. marched. paced. walked. stalked.
What is the verb form of stride?
stride Definitions and Synonyms present tensehe/she/itstridespresent participlestridingpast tensestrodepast participlestridden1 more row
What is past tense of stride?
Conjugation of verb 'Stride'V1 Base Form (Infinitive):To StrideV2 Past Simple:Strode/StridedV3 Past Participle:StriddenV4 3rd Person Singular:StridesV5 Present Participle/Gerund:Striding
What kind of word is Strode?
What type of word is strode? As detailed above, 'strode' is a verb.
What's the past participle of stride?
The present participle of stride is striding. The past participle of stride is stridden (Britain) or strode.
What is the synonym of stride?
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for stride. bound, jump, leap, step.
What's the past tense of shut?
shutSimilar verbsVerbSimple pastPast Participleshutshutshutslitslitslitspitspat/spitspat/spitsplitsplitsplit25 more rows
What is the past and past participle of fling?
Flung is the past tense and past participle of fling.
Is Strided a Scrabble word?
No, strided is not in the scrabble dictionary.
What is the synonym of stride?
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for stride. bound, jump, leap, step.
What does strained mean?
1 : an act of straining or the condition of being strained: such as. a : bodily injury from excessive tension, effort, or use heart strain especially : one resulting from a wrench or twist and involving undue stretching of muscles or ligaments back strain. b : excessive or difficult exertion or labor.
What is Strided memory access?
Stride. Memory is most efficiently accessed sequentially. In most cases, hardware and software prefetch instructions are able to speculatively load the next several elements into cache, saving expensive access to system memory.
Examples of stride in a Sentence
Noun She crossed the room in only a few strides. He was standing only a few strides away from me. He has a distinctive bouncy stride. She entered the room with a confident stride.
Kids Definition of stride
1 : a long step or the distance covered by such a step She crossed the room in only a few strides.
What does "make rapid strides" mean?
4. (Zoology) an act of forward movement by an animal, completed when the legs have returned to their initial relative positions. 5. progress or development (esp in the phrase make rapid strides) 6. a regular pace or rate of progress: to get into one's stride; to be put off one's stride. 7.
What does "straddle" mean?
2. To take a single long step, as in passing over an obstruction. 3. To stand or sit astride; straddle. v.tr. 1. To walk with long steps on, along, or over : striding the stage.
What is the definition of walking?
1. stride - a step in walking or running. tread, pace. walk, walking - the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise". step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps".
What does "take difficulties in her stride" mean?
to accept or cope with (a matter) successfully without worrying about it. She takes difficulties in her stride.
What does "rowed" mean in racing?
14. (Rowing) ( intr) rowing to achieve the desired rhythm in a racing shell
What does "taking their newfound wealth in stride" mean?
To cope with calmly, without interrupting one 's normal routine: taking their newfound wealth in stride.
What does "walk" mean in medical terminology?
1. stride - walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall". walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet". 2.
