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# doorstep

noun (a doorstep, doorsteps)

«doorstep» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A doorstep is the step or flat spot just outside the front door of a house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#m1)
2. «On your doorstep» means very close to where you live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life parcels, milk and post are left on the doorstep, and visitors wait there; in stories someone finds a basket or a lost cat on the doorstep. Phrases: «on the doorstep», «right on our doorstep» (very near), «leave it on the doorstep».

### Examples

- The parcel was left on the doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x1)
- A little kitten was crying on our doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x2)
- Gran waved goodbye from the doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x3)
- Wipe your feet on the doorstep before you come in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x4)
- We have a beautiful beach right on our doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x5)
- The milkman used to leave bottles on the doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x6)
- Never open the door to strangers on the doorstep without a grown-up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x7)
- When he got home his mother was on the doorstep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/#x8)

### Note

Countable, written as one word. «On our doorstep» can mean literally at the door or simply «very close by». Safety: a stranger on the doorstep is still a stranger; check with an adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doorstep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doorstep/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doorstep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doorstep.html) on Mova free.