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steep BrE / stiːp /  NAmE / stiːp / Native audio playback is not supported. steep(adjective)BrE / stiːp /  NAmE / stiːp / rising or falling quickly, not graduallya steep hill/slope/banka steep climb/descent/dropa steep flight of stairsThe path grew steeper as we climbed higher.sudden and very bigsynonym sharphttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sharp_1a steep decline in the birth ratea steep rise in unemploymenttoo much; unreasonablesynonym expensivehttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/expensive£2 for a cup of coffee seems a little steep to me.He wants to move in here with us? That’s a bit steep!Word Originadjective Old English stēap ‘extending to a great height’, of West Germanic origin; related to steeple and the verb stoop.

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(adjective) a steep hill/slope/banka steep climb/descent/dropa steep flight of stairsthe path grew steeper as we climbed higher. Search images by the wordhttps://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=steep This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Word	steep
WordType	(adjective)
Phonetic	BrE / stiːp / NAmE / stiːp /
Example	a steep hill/slope/bank a steep climb/descent/drop a steep flight of stairs the path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
Sound	Native audio playback is not supported.
Image	Search images by the word https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=661&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=steep
Content	steep (adjective)BrE / stiːp / NAmE / stiːp / rising or falling quickly, not gradually a steep hill/slope/bank a steep climb/descent/drop a steep flight of stairs The path grew steeper as we climbed higher. sudden and very big synonym sharp https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sharp_1 a steep decline in the birth rate a steep rise in unemployment too much; unreasonable synonym expensive https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/expensive £2 for a cup of coffee seems a little steep to me. He wants to move in here with us? That’s a bit steep! Word Origin adjective Old English stēap ‘extending to a great height’, of West Germanic origin; related to steeple and the verb stoop.
Copyright	This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Steep Stiːp Adjective Bre Hill/Slope/Bank Climb/Descent/Drop Flight Stairs

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