Stepping-stone Definition

steppingstone, steppingstones, stepping-stones
noun
Alternative form of stepping stone.
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A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.

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(idiomatic) Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.

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Other Word Forms of Stepping-stone

Noun

Singular:
stepping-stone
Plural:
stepping-stones

Origin of Stepping-stone

  • First attested circa 1325; first used in the figurative sense circa 1653.

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Stepping-stone Sentence Examples

  • Lamb, The Dynamical Theory of Sound (1910), is intended as a stepping-stone to the study of-the writings of Helmholtz and Rayleigh.

  • It does not of itself give the student a view of the true relations of plants, and by leading to the discovery of the name of a plant, it is only a stepping-stone to the natural system.

  • Ethel took one glance at Dean's occupation and knew she had hit neither a financial bonanza nor a stepping-stone to anything but fiscal mediocrity.

  • This class has been a stepping-stone for many Olympic sailors world-wide.

  • There could be no better way to make her mark than in a movie that resounded with young audiences across the country, but this was simply a stepping stone for Fisher.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

ENEONE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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