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Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
Wally Schirra

Meaning of "step down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STEP DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEP DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Step down is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES STEP DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of step down in the English dictionary

The first definition of step down in the dictionary is to reduce gradually. Other definition of step down is to resign or abdicate. Step down is also to assume an inferior or less senior position.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEP DOWN

step
step aerobics
step by step
step change
step dance
step function
step in
step on
step on it
step on the gas
step out
step out of line
step out with
Step Reebok
step up
step up to the plate
step-by-step
step-down
step-down transformer
step-in

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEP DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
take down
thumbs down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of step down in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «step down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEP DOWN

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

Translator English - Chinese

下台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dimitir
570 millions of speakers

English

step down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे कदम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنحي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уйти в отставку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demitir-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে নামা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

démissionner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

turun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abtreten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

辞任する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스텝 다운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langkah mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bước xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே இறங்குங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली पाऊल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scendere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ustąpić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піти у відставку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

demisioneze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραιτηθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stap af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avgå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trappe ned
5 millions of speakers

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The term «step down» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about step down

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6 QUOTES WITH «STEP DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word step down.
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Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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Udonis Haslem
A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent.
3
Bill Kristol
Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?
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Zainab Salbi
I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.
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Wally Schirra
Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
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John Sculley
I didn't appreciate, coming out of corporate America... what it meant to a founder, the creator of the Macintosh, to be asked to step down from the very division that he created to lead the very product that he believed was going to change the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEP DOWN»

Discover the use of step down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to step down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Montpellier step by step down the ages, through the street
Step. by. step. down. the. ages. Montpellier in the Middle Ages A the end of the tenth century, the bishop and count had to leave the Maguelone peninsular where they had settled, and head further inland The bishop stayed at Substantion (now ...
Collectif, 1998
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New Step Down Procedures for Control of the Familywise Error ...
Key words: Multiple Comparisons; Familywise Error Rate; Generalized Familywise Error Rate; Closure Method; Step-down Test
Zijiang Yang, 2008
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Handbook of International Financial Terms
See pooling of interests. step down. To reduce by a predetermined amount at specific points in time (cf. amortization; step-up). step-down cap. An interest rate cap that has a strike rate that decreases with time. The opposite structure, a step- up ...
Peter Moles, 1997
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Recent Developments in Multiple Comparison Procedures
Io this paper, we use least favorable configurations to obtain critical values for both step-down and step-up procedures, valid for both dependent and independent hypotheses. The concept of a "minimum critical value" (MCV) is introduced.
Yoav Benjamini, Frank Bretz, Sanat K. Sarkar, 2004
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Excel HSC Physics
A step-up transformer produces a greater voltage in the secondary than is in the primary coil. A step-down transformer produces a lower voltage in the secondary coil. Whether the transformer is a step-up or a step-down transformer depends ...
Neville G. Warren, 2003
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Multiple Testing Problems in Pharmaceutical Statistics
Dose-finding trial example Table 2.4 lists adjusted p-values produced by the single-step and step-down Dunnett procedures in the dose-finding trial example ( see Section 2.5.3). It is easy to verify that the adjusted p-values for the single-step  ...
Alex Dmitrienko, Ajit C. Tamhane, Frank Bretz, 2009
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Low-dose Step-down Protocols using r-FSH The step-down protocols represent another category of the chronic low-dose regimens. When this stimulation protocol was first developed, it was designed to reproduce the PCOS physiology.
Gautam Allahbadia, Rina Agrawal, 2007
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Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice in ...
As with lunges, step-up and step-down activities have been used primarily to improve, as opposed to test for, function. Although the step test has mainly been used to test for maximal aerobic and anaerobic power, it can be used to measure  ...
David J. Magee, James E. Zachazewski, William S. Quillen, 2007
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Controlled flight into terrain, Korean Air flight 801, ...
The nonprecision localizer-only approach requires the use of the localizer to obtain lateral guidance to the runway, the DME to identify the step-down points, and the VOR to identify the final step-down fix to the MDA. According to Jeppesen  ...
10
LIFE
i— i NEW 1950 HUDSONS WITH'THE NEW STEP-DOWN RIDE" Illustrated above — Custom Commodore Series 4-Door Sedan Here are 1950s most beautiful automobiles • The only cars with "step-down" design, which provides America's ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEP DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term step down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fronde CEO To Step Down
Auckland and Sydney, 27 July 2015 - Today Fronde announced that Ian Clarke will step down from his role as Chief Executive, a role he has held for the last ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Weiss to step down as Law Center chancellor
Paul M. Hebert Law Center Chancellor and Dean Jack Weiss will step down from his position at the beginning of the academic year, The University announced ... «LSU The Reveille, Jul 15»
3
Paul Vogel to step down as head of Western Australia's …
Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority chairman Dr Paul Vogel has announced he will step down at the end of his current term in November. «ABC Online, Jun 15»
4
Alika Smith steps down as Kalaheo hoops coach
The former Mustang and Rainbow Warrior hoops great has decided to step down from his head coach position at the school, citing philosophical differences with ... «KHON2, Jun 15»
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Education board member to step down after taking Walton …
"We decided and I decided that it would be best to step down in order that we continue to focus," he said. "Now what this means is my work will continue. «Arkansas Online, Jun 15»
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Big Society Capital chief executive Nick O'Donohoe to step down
Nick O'Donohoe, the chief executive of Big Society Capital, has announced that he will step down by the end of the year. O'Donohoe helped to produce the ... «Third Sector, May 15»
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Washington and Lee's president to step down
The president of Washington and Lee University, Kenneth P. Ruscio, said Tuesday he will step down in summer 2016 after he finishes 10 years in the job. «Washington Post, May 15»
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Darren Smith to step down as Irish coach after Olympic qualifying …
Darren Smith has announced that he will step down as coach of the Irish women's senior hockey team after next month's World League round three in Valencia ... «Irish Times, May 15»
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Kansas Secretary Of Administration To Step Down
Brownback's administration will soon be stepping down. ... Clark will step down officially at the end of June and said the projects he was brought in to initiate are ... «WIBW, May 15»
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Why cannot you either step down? as i know you can never step up :(
Why cannot you either step down? as i know you can never step up :( ... Afridi stands disgraced........he should have stepped down long ago allowing young ... «DAWN.com, Apr 15»

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