step by step

See also: step-by-step

English

Adverb

step by step (not comparable)

1. From one stage to the next in sequence.

   Coordinate terms: in order, one step at a time, one by one, sequentially, serially; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

   She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully.

   We were shown the process step by step.

2. Gradually and steadily.

   Synonyms: bit by bit, little by little, one by one; see also Thesaurus:incrementally, Thesaurus:gradually

   Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.

   • 2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65:

     Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.

Translations

gradually

• Basque: ttaka-ttaka
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一步一步 (zh) (yībù yībù), 逐步 (zh) (zhúbù)

• Esperanto: paŝon post paŝo
• Estonian: aste-astmelt
• Finnish: askel kerrallaan, vähitellen (fi), asteittain (fi), askelittain
• French: pas à pas (fr)
• Galician: paso e paso, pouco e pouco
• Georgian: ნაბიჯ-ნაბიჯ (nabiǯ-nabiǯ), ნელ-ნელა (nel-nela)
• German: nach und nach (de), Schritt für Schritt (de), schrittweise (de)
• Greek: βαθμηδόν (el) (vathmidón), βήμα προς βήμα (víma pros víma)

  Ancient: βάδην (bádēn)

• Hungarian: lépésről lépésre (hu), lépésenként (hu)
• Icelandic: skref fyrir skref
• Ido: pazope (io)
• Ingrian: jalka jalalt
• Italian: passo a passo, gradualmente (it), poco a poco, poco per volta
• Japanese: 一歩一歩 (いっぽいっぽ, ippoippo), 少しずつ (すこしずつ, sukoshi-zutsu)
• Latin: gradātim, pedetemptim
• Lithuanian: pakopa po pakopos
• Macedonian: чекор по чекор (čekor po čekor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trinn for trinn

  Nynorsk: trinn for trinn

• Persian: قدم به قدم (qadam be qadam), گام به گام (gâm be gâm)
• Portuguese: passo a passo (pt), pouco a pouco (pt), de pouquinho em pouquinho (pt), gradualmente (pt)
• Romanian: pas cu pas
• Russian: шаг за ша́гом (šag za šágom), постепе́нно (ru) (postepénno)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceum is ceum, beag air bheag
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: корак по корак

  Roman: korak po korak

• Spanish: paso a paso, poco a poco (es)
• Swedish: steg för steg (sv)
• Turkish: adım adım (tr), yavaş yavaş (tr)
• Zazaki: gam gam