steps
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
How often you will meet it
Rank 724 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,981 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a flight of stairs or a flight of steps also: stairs
- the course along which a person has walked or is walking in I followed in his stepshe retraced his steps
steps in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Down its steps a small, neat figure was tripping.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Presently John was in line waiting to pass by the steps.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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A figure rose from one of the basket chairs, and came a few steps to meet us.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Should he become insane after its commission the law steps in and protects him during the period of his insanity.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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The sun was sinking when they started up the spur, and unconsciously Jason hurried his steps and the girl followed hard.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1