enormous stride

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandstride

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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stride
noun
uk
/straɪd/us
/straɪd/
an important ...
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(Definition ofenormousandstridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has been admitted that we are taking anenormousstridein advance.
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Already there has been thisenormousstridein advance; it is something more than a step, it is a stride.
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This is anenormousstrideforward.
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Together they have made enormous strides in charting and rendering intelligible the phenomenal nineteenth-century revolution in publishing.
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Any of us who go and see the area affected can only be impressed by the enormous strides forward that have been made.
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There have been enormous strides in sound, and ultra-sophisticated equipment is the order of the day.
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That is vital because we are doing harm to an industry that has made enormous strides forward in the past 20 years.
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For instance, refrigeration in recent years has made enormous strides.
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As she knows, although we have made enormous strides over the past few years, much of our service housing remains unsatisfactory.
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I will content myself with quoting one or two instances of the enormous strides which have been made.
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We have taken enormous strides in improving the provision of primary education since 1997.
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Over the past few decades, scientific research has made enormous strides and given hope to those suffering from illness or disabilities and to their families.
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Enormous strides have been made in recent years.
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The city school, however, is now making enormous strides.
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I am proud of its achievements—of its increased output and efficiency, of the enormous strides it has made in mechanisation.
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We are satisfied that that has made enormous strides.
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We are experiencing enormous strides in productivity at the moment.
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In the last twenty years the treatment of tuberculosis has made enormous strides.
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