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Meaning of "bestride" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BESTRIDE

bestride  [bɪˈstraɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BESTRIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bestride is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bestride in English.

WHAT DOES BESTRIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bestride in the English dictionary

The first definition of bestride in the dictionary is to have or put a leg on either side of. Other definition of bestride is to extend across; span. Bestride is also to stride over or across.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BESTRIDE

PRESENT

Present
I bestride
you bestride
he/she/it bestrides
we bestride
you bestride
they bestride
Present continuous
I am bestriding
you are bestriding
he/she/it is bestriding
we are bestriding
you are bestriding
they are bestriding
Present perfect
I have bestridden
you have bestridden
he/she/it has bestridden
we have bestridden
you have bestridden
they have bestridden
Present perfect continuous
I have been bestriding
you have been bestriding
he/she/it has been bestriding
we have been bestriding
you have been bestriding
they have been bestriding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bestrode
you bestrode
he/she/it bestrode
we bestrode
you bestrode
they bestrode
Past continuous
I was bestriding
you were bestriding
he/she/it was bestriding
we were bestriding
you were bestriding
they were bestriding
Past perfect
I had bestridden
you had bestridden
he/she/it had bestridden
we had bestridden
you had bestridden
they had bestridden
Past perfect continuous
I had been bestriding
you had been bestriding
he/she/it had been bestriding
we had been bestriding
you had been bestriding
they had been bestriding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bestride
you will bestride
he/she/it will bestride
we will bestride
you will bestride
they will bestride
Future continuous
I will be bestriding
you will be bestriding
he/she/it will be bestriding
we will be bestriding
you will be bestriding
they will be bestriding
Future perfect
I will have bestridden
you will have bestridden
he/she/it will have bestridden
we will have bestridden
you will have bestridden
they will have bestridden
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bestriding
you will have been bestriding
he/she/it will have been bestriding
we will have been bestriding
you will have been bestriding
they will have been bestriding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bestride
you would bestride
he/she/it would bestride
we would bestride
you would bestride
they would bestride
Conditional continuous
I would be bestriding
you would be bestriding
he/she/it would be bestriding
we would be bestriding
you would be bestriding
they would be bestriding
Conditional perfect
I would have bestride
you would have bestride
he/she/it would have bestride
we would have bestride
you would have bestride
they would have bestride
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bestriding
you would have been bestriding
he/she/it would have been bestriding
we would have been bestriding
you would have been bestriding
they would have been bestriding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bestride
we let´s bestride
you bestride
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bestride
Past participle
bestridden
Present Participle
bestriding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BESTRIDE


astride
əˈstraɪd
bride
braɪd
chloride
ˈklɔːraɪd
cried
kraɪd
deep-fried
ˌdiːpˈfraɪd
dried
draɪd
fluoride
ˈflʊəˌraɪd
fried
fraɪd
hydrochloride
ˌhaɪdrəˈklɔːraɪd
McBride
məkˈbraɪd
nitride
ˈnaɪtraɪd
outstride
ˌaʊtˈstraɪd
override
ˌəʊvəˈraɪd
overstride
ˌəʊvəˈstraɪd
pride
praɪd
retried
ˌriːˈtraɪd
ride
raɪd
stride
straɪd
tried
traɪd
untried
ʌnˈtraɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESTRIDE

bestill
bestir
bestirred
bestirring
bestorm
bestow
bestowal
bestower
bestowment
bestraddle
bestraught
bestreak
bestrew
bestrewn
bestridden
bestrode
bestseller
bestsellerdom
bestselling
bestud

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESTRIDE

acetic anhydride
anhydride
bike ride
boat ride
boron nitride
cycle ride
disaccharide
hydrogen chloride
joyride
monosaccharide
outride
park and ride
park-and-ride
polysaccharide
sodium chloride
take for a ride
take something in one´s stride
telluride
trichloride
triglyceride

Synonyms and antonyms of bestride in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BESTRIDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bestride» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bestride

Translation of «bestride» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESTRIDE

Find out the translation of bestride to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bestride from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bestride» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凌驾于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cabalgar
570 millions of speakers

English

bestride
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सवार जैसे बैठना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تخطى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перешагивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bestride
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুই পা ফাঁক করিয়া বসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfourcher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bestride
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bestride
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

馬乗りになる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bestride
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bestride
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cởi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bestride
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वोत्तम राइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hükmetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bestride
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bestride
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переступати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încăleca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διασκελίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beschrijden
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bestride
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bestride
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bestride

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESTRIDE»

The term «bestride» is normally little used and occupies the 117.888 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BESTRIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bestride» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bestride» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bestride

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESTRIDE»

Discover the use of bestride in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bestride and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
BESTRIDE Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I bestride have bestridden bestrode had bestridden you bestride have bestridden bestrode had bestridden he/she/it bestrides has bestridden bestrode ...
TZ-one, 2013
2
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom 1 : Each new mom, New widows howl ; new orphans cry ; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable of dolour2. ever, without comfort or ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
3
P & T Group: 140 Years of Architecture in Asia
Design/Completion: 2002/2004 Client: Bestride Holdings Ltd. Site area: 17,600 square metres Gross floor area: 106,800 square metres Structural material: Reinforced concrete frame Other materials: Granite cladding, aluminium curtain ...
‎2008
4
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Sax. bercpiban hopr, to bestride an horse.'] 1. To stride over any thing ; to have any thing between one's legs. Wiiy, man, he doth bcstriile the narrow world Like a colossus. Shakspeare. Make him bestride the ocean, and mankind Ask his ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
5
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Twelfth night. ...
Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom ' : Each new morn, New widows howl ; new orphans cry ; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable of dolour '2. ever, without comfort or ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Nicholas Rowe, 1821
6
Twelfth night. Macbeth
Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom ': Each new morn, New widows howl; new orphans cry; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable of dolour '. ever, without comfort or ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
7
Poems and Plays
~52» ,7 incumbrance,'lays it on the \ 1 5 X Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom;.:»/ lilach new mom, “ New widows howl; new orphans cry; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, 1821
8
The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and ...
Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword •, and, like good men, 4 Bestride our down-fain birthdom. Each new morn, New widows howl, new orphans cry ; new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds . ' In former editions : Let us rather ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, 1765
9
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
These one-and-twenty lines were added since the first edition Johnson. s Tells them, he doth bestride a bleeding land,'] That is, ... So Falstaft' before says to the Prince, If thou see me down, Hal, and bestride mi, so; it is an office of friendship.
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1807
10
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
BESTRIDE'. Be and stride. See Stride. To stretch ; generally applied to the legs ; whether to cross a horse, to pass over, to pass on with effect, to walk with energy, or to stand over an object; to command or secure it. He hestrid An o'erpressed ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESTRIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bestride is used in the context of the following news items.
1
National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park Will Defy Order to …
Ride along with BestRide Midnight Oil Auto Blog as we cover the auto shows, review the latest new cars, trucks and discuss the latest in ... «Journal Standard, Jul 15»
2
Rolling Stone's Ode to Kim Kardashian's Smelly, Proud, Bleeding …
This month in Rolling Stone, she is also a “jungle Aphrodite escaped from a forest of big-booty nymphs,” whose “creamy thighs bestride an ... «Gawker, Jul 15»
3
REVIEW: 2015 Ford Expedition King Ranch 4X4 – Big, Tough, Luxury
Ride along with BestRide Midnight Oil Auto Blog as we cover the auto shows, review the latest new cars, trucks and discuss the latest in ... «Daily Ardmoreite, Jun 15»
4
Herald-Tribune launches auto-sales platform BestRide.com
The Herald-Tribune Media Group is launching BestRide.com as its online automotive platform, giving the company's online readers direct ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jun 15»
5
Cars We Remember: Former Hemi owner questions quickness of …
Greg Zyla writes weekly for More Content Now, BestRide.com and other GateHouse Media publications. He welcomes reader questions on ... «Smyrna-Clayton Sun Times, Jun 15»
6
News Herald launches BestRide.com
BestRide.com aims to help local car shoppers find their next new or pre-owned car by giving them the tools they need at every stage of their ... «The News Herald, Jun 15»
7
Times launches BestRide.com as online automotive platform
The Gadsden Times has launched BestRide.com as its online automotive platform. The Times' online readers now have direct access to ... «Gadsden Times, Jun 15»
8
Cars We Remember: 'Unusual' American Motors engine?
Greg Zyla writes weekly for More Content Now, Bestride.com and other GateHouse Media publications. He welcomes reader questions at 303 ... «MPNnow.com, Jun 15»
9
'The Windshield-Pitting Mystery of 1954' Wasn't Caused by Marine …
After NPR recently brought “The Windshield-Pitting Mystery of 1954″ to light, BestRide.com took it a step further, pushed up their reading ... «BoldRide.com, Jun 15»
10
JUNKYARD THERAPY: Accidents Will Happen
Ride along with BestRide Midnight Oil Auto Blog as we cover the auto shows, review the latest new cars, trucks and discuss the latest in ... «Oakridger, Jun 15»

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