Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stepwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: step-wise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal

adv

One step or stage at a time; step by step

Example Sentences

"The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time."

Etymology

Etymology tree English step Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English stepwise From step + -wise.

Inflected Forms

more stepwise (comparative) most stepwise (superlative)

Derived Forms

stepwisely

Synonyms

step-by-step graduated in order step by step incrementally bit-by-bit in small stages piecemeal

Questions

What does stepwise mean?: One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
Where does stepwise come from?: Etymology tree English step Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English stepwise From step + -wise.

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