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step by step

step by step adverb: from one stage to the next in sequence.

Adverb

step by step (not comparable)

  1. From one stage to the next in sequence.
    • She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully.
    • We were shown the process step by step.
  2. Gradually and steadily.
    • Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.
    • All I want from tomorrow is just to get it better than today
      Step by step, one by one, higher and higher
      Step by step, one by one, climbing Jacob's ladder1988, Bruce Hornsby, “Jacob's Ladder”, in Scenes From the Southside, performed by Bruce Hornsby and the Range

step by step meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

step by step in Tamil

படிப்படியாக, ஒவ்வொரு படியாக

step by step in Malayalam

gradually, one step at a time, bit by bit
പദേപദേ, അടിവച്ചടിവച്ച്, പടിപടിയായി, ഓരോ ചുവടു വച്ച്, ക്രമേണ, വരവരെ

step by step in Kannada

ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ, ಮೆಲ್ಲಮೆಲ್ಲಗೆ, ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯ ಹಿಂದೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯಿಡು

step by step in Arabic

gradually
خُطْوَةً خُطْوَةً ḵuṭwatan ḵuṭwatan, خُطْوَةً بِخُطْوَةٍ ḵuṭwatan biḵuṭwatin, مَرْحَلَةً مَرْحَلَةً marḥalatan marḥalatan, شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا šayʔan fašayʔan, خُطْوَةً فَخُطْوَةً ḵuṭwatan faḵuṭwatan

Synonyms of step by step

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Questions about step by step

What does step by step mean?
Step by step means from one stage to the next in sequence.
What is step by step in Tamil?
Step by step in Tamil is படிப்படியாக, ஒவ்வொரு படியாக. See Step by step meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is step by step?
Step by step is an adverb.

Words near step by step in the dictionary

  1. step aerobics
  2. step and repeat
  3. step aside
  4. step back
  5. step between
  6. step by step
  7. step chair
  8. step chairs
  9. step change
  10. step changes
  11. step chart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: step by step (page history and authors); step by step (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); step by step (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); step by step (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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