half-stepv.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌstɛp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: half-step n.

Etymology: < half-step n. Compare earlier half-stepping n.

1. intransitive. To walk, march, etc., with half-steps or short steps; to take a half-step.

1920 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 18 Feb. 2/5 His platoon was not marking time, but was half-stepping in order to close up with those platoons ahead which were marking time.

1935 W. Seabrook Asylum vii. 117 Dr Quigley..play[ed] rather well on a fiddle as he marched... He minced and half stepped to the solemn measure.

2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Sport section) 9 The ball was whipped right to Cipriani, who stuttered, half stepped and straightened to check the Leicester defence.

2. intransitive. U.S. To approach an activity, situation, etc., in a half-hearted way or without complete commitment; to take actions or measures which go only part of the way towards dealing with or achieving something. Frequently in negative contexts.

1930 Morning Call (Paterson, New Jersey) 16 June 16/1 Enforcement is a step forward. Up until the present we have been only half-stepping and most of the time, side-stepping the issue.

1970 Fatigue Press Feb. 12/3 Everybody at the rally saw that it is possible to stand up to the power structure and were firmly convinced that these Panthers were not half-stepping.

1990 Business Week 7 May 60/1 (heading) Gorbachev is half-stepping toward a Western-style economy, but are his moves too little, too late?

2016 Y. Braswell Long Hair do Care Acknowl. He taught me to never half-step, to be a go-getter.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

half-stepn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːfstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈhæfˌstɛp/

Forms: see half adj. and step n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., step n.¹

Etymology: < half adj. + step n.¹

1. A step or pace of (approximately) half the usual length; a short or small step or pace.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 Retiring his right foot some halfe step behind the left.

1683 R. Edward Doxology Approven xiv. 94 Stooping to them, taking half steps with the weak Lambs.

1828 J. Ebers Seven Years King's Theatre iv. 99 Fanny Bias was a dancer of the demi-caractère, perfect in..beautiful little half steps.

1879 Rose-Belford's Canad. Monthly & National Rev. Feb. 221/1 Alan, taken by surprise, takes a half-step forward.

1919 Encycl. Americana XXII. 318/2 Polka,..the name being derived from the Bohemian pulka, half, from the half-step that characterizes the dance.

1944 Dict. U.S. Army Terms (U.S. War Dept.) 266/2 A full step is 30 inches, a half step 15 inches in quick-time marching.

2003 Bowling Digest June 8/2 Move your feet to the right approximately a half-step.

2. A partial or preliminary action, measure, stage in a process, etc.; esp. an action or measure which goes (only) part of the way towards dealing with or achieving something.

ΘΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > a beginning or first step

induction1597

instep1621

initiative1793

ice-breaking1804

baby step1825

1821 L.-M. Hawkins Heraline III. v. 99 It is very possible to depart by half-steps from right, till we have proceeded many whole and long steps in wrong.

1863 S. Austral. Reg. 16 Jan. 5/2 The action England has taken is only a half step to the stamping out of the evils of the system.

1913 Arch. Internal Med. 11 680 This teaching was a groping, tentative half-step in the right direction.

2010 New Yorker 4 Jan. 38/3 A bundle of big-business compromises and half-steps.

3. Music. The smallest interval of the modern Western tone system, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a semitone. Cf. step n.¹ 8b.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > semitone

semitone1486

semitune1486

half-note1597

demitune1598

bemol1626

half-tone1651

hemitone1694

feint1730

demi-tone1828

subtone1829

1841 Musical Visitor 10 June 64/1 The words step and half step, will be used for tone and semitone.

1872 H. R. Palmer Song King 6/1 Half-step is the name which is given to the smallest interval now in use.

1921 E. Amey Conscious Control in Piano Stud. ix. 82 Leaving the key of B♭ major by a chromatic sequence figure of four notes descending by half-steps for four changes.

1980 Dædalus Spring 190 The first phrase..closes with a motive..that descends a halfstep from the tonic.

2000 New Yorker 3 July 56/3 A note he..has sung the same way more than ten thousand times..albeit transposed down a half step.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-step
释义	half-stepv. Brit. /ˈhɑːfstɛp/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌstɛp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: half-step n. Etymology: < half-step n. Compare earlier half-stepping n. 1. intransitive. To walk, march, etc., with half-steps or short steps; to take a half-step. Π 1920 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 18 Feb. 2/5 His platoon was not marking time, but was half-stepping in order to close up with those platoons ahead which were marking time. 1935 W. Seabrook Asylum vii. 117 Dr Quigley..play[ed] rather well on a fiddle as he marched... He minced and half stepped to the solemn measure. 2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Sport section) 9 The ball was whipped right to Cipriani, who stuttered, half stepped and straightened to check the Leicester defence. 2. intransitive. U.S. To approach an activity, situation, etc., in a half-hearted way or without complete commitment; to take actions or measures which go only part of the way towards dealing with or achieving something. Frequently in negative contexts. Π 1930 Morning Call (Paterson, New Jersey) 16 June 16/1 Enforcement is a step forward. Up until the present we have been only half-stepping and most of the time, side-stepping the issue. 1970 Fatigue Press Feb. 12/3 Everybody at the rally saw that it is possible to stand up to the power structure and were firmly convinced that these Panthers were not half-stepping. 1990 Business Week 7 May 60/1 (heading) Gorbachev is half-stepping toward a Western-style economy, but are his moves too little, too late? 2016 Y. Braswell Long Hair do Care Acknowl. He taught me to never half-step, to be a go-getter. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). half-stepn. Brit. /ˈhɑːfstɛp/, U.S. /ˈhæfˌstɛp/ Forms: see half adj. and step n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., step n.¹ Etymology: < half adj. + step n.¹ 1. A step or pace of (approximately) half the usual length; a short or small step or pace. Π 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 Retiring his right foot some halfe step behind the left. 1683 R. Edward Doxology Approven xiv. 94 Stooping to them, taking half steps with the weak Lambs. 1828 J. Ebers Seven Years King's Theatre iv. 99 Fanny Bias was a dancer of the demi-caractère, perfect in..beautiful little half steps. 1879 Rose-Belford's Canad. Monthly & National Rev. Feb. 221/1 Alan, taken by surprise, takes a half-step forward. 1919 Encycl. Americana XXII. 318/2 Polka,..the name being derived from the Bohemian pulka, half, from the half-step that characterizes the dance. 1944 Dict. U.S. Army Terms (U.S. War Dept.) 266/2 A full step is 30 inches, a half step 15 inches in quick-time marching. 2003 Bowling Digest June 8/2 Move your feet to the right approximately a half-step. 2. A partial or preliminary action, measure, stage in a process, etc.; esp. an action or measure which goes (only) part of the way towards dealing with or achieving something. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > a beginning or first step induction1597 instep1621 initiative1793 ice-breaking1804 baby step1825 1821 L.-M. Hawkins Heraline III. v. 99 It is very possible to depart by half-steps from right, till we have proceeded many whole and long steps in wrong. 1863 S. Austral. Reg. 16 Jan. 5/2 The action England has taken is only a half step to the stamping out of the evils of the system. 1913 Arch. Internal Med. 11 680 This teaching was a groping, tentative half-step in the right direction. 2010 New Yorker 4 Jan. 38/3 A bundle of big-business compromises and half-steps. 3. Music. The smallest interval of the modern Western tone system, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a semitone. Cf. step n.¹ 8b. ΘΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > semitone semitone1486 semitune1486 half-note1597 demitune1598 bemol1626 half-tone1651 hemitone1694 feint1730 demi-tone1828 subtone1829 1841 Musical Visitor 10 June 64/1 The words step and half step, will be used for tone and semitone. 1872 H. R. Palmer Song King 6/1 Half-step is the name which is given to the smallest interval now in use. 1921 E. Amey Conscious Control in Piano Stud. ix. 82 Leaving the key of B♭ major by a chromatic sequence figure of four notes descending by half-steps for four changes. 1980 Dædalus Spring 190 The first phrase..closes with a motive..that descends a halfstep from the tonic. 2000 New Yorker 3 July 56/3 A note he..has sung the same way more than ten thousand times..albeit transposed down a half step. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < v.1920n.1598
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