stepping stone


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stepping stone

n
1. (Physical Geography) one of a series of stones acting as footrests for crossing streams, marshes, etc
2. a circumstance that assists progress towards some goal
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stepping stone - a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossingstepping stone - a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
2.stepping stone - any means of advancement; "the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches"
means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
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stepping stone

[ˈstepɪŋstəʊn] N
1. (lit) → pasadera f
2. (fig) → trampolín m (to para llegar a)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stepping stone

n → (Tritt)stein m; (fig) → Sprungbrett nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stepping stone

[ˈstɛpɪŋˌstəʊn] n → pietra di un guado (fig) stepping stone (to) → trampolino di lancio (verso)
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After reflecting a moment, temporarily sheltered beneath the little wicket of the prison of the treasurer of the Sainte- Chappelle, as to the shelter which he would select for the night, having all the pavements of Paris to choose from, he remembered to have noticed the week previously in the Rue de la Savaterie, at the door of a councillor of the parliament, a stepping stone for mounting a mule, and to have said to himself that that stone would furnish, on occasion, a very excellent pillow for a mendicant or a poet.
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