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step-by-step

step-by-step adjective: proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.

Adjective

step-by-step (comparative more step-by-step, superlative most step-by-step)

  1. Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.
    • The step-by-step directions walked me through the assembly, but identifying the parts was still hard.
    • Purchasing TON through a CEX is a straightforward process. As of June 2024, TON isn’t supported on other prominent exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kraken. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to buy Toncoin using an example of Gate.io: […]2024 June 22, Dilip Kumar Patairya, “What is Toncoin (TON), and how to buy it?”, in Cointelegraph
    Synonyms:
    stepwise

Noun

step-by-step (plural step-by-steps)

  1. (informal) A step-by-step guide.
    • Wiktionary provides great step-by-steps on how to create a complete dictionary entry.

step-by-step meaning in Hindi and Urdu

step-by-step in Hindi

step-by-step
रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता raftā-raftā

step-by-step in Urdu

step-by-step
رفتہ رفتہ rafta-rafta

Synonyms of step-by-step

Forms of step-by-step

Adjective
comparativemore step-by-step
superlativemost step-by-step
Noun
pluralstep-by-steps

Questions about step-by-step

What does step-by-step mean?
Step-by-step means proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.
What is step-by-step in Hindi?
Step-by-step in Hindi is रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता (raftā-raftā). See Step-by-step meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is step-by-step?
Step-by-step can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near step-by-step in the dictionary

  1. step-aunt
  2. step-aunts
  3. step-brethren
  4. step-brother
  5. step-brothers
  6. step-by-step
  7. step-by-steps
  8. step-child
  9. step-children
  10. step-climb
  11. step-climbed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: step-by-step (page history and authors); रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता (Hindi) (page history and authors); رفتہ رفتہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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