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steer
What does steer mean?
steer (verb): to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use steer in a sentence?
- The boat steered towards the iceberg. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce steer?
/stɪɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does steer come from?
Inherited from Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of steer?
Words related to steer
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “steer” mean?
to guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc
Right! That's what “steer” means.
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
Not quite: that's what avoid means.
to write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch
Not quite: that's what draft means.
to communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud
Not quite: that's what speak means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “steer”?
consider
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increase
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maneuver
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remember
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