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   steep

   /stiːp/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular: "she pushed the bike up the steep hill" Similar precipitoussheerabruptsharpperpendicularverticalbluffvertiginousdizzyrare:declivitousacclivitousscarpedOpposite gentle
   • ▪ (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid: "the steep rise in unemployment" Similar sharpsuddenprecipitateprecipitousrapidOpposite gradual
   • 2. (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive: informal "a steep membership fee" Similar expensivedearcostlyhighstiffunreasonableexcessiveoverpricedexorbitantextortionateoutrageousprohibitiveover the oddsinformal:priceyover the topOTTcriminalOpposite reasonable
   • ▪ (of a claim or account) exaggerated or incredible: dated "this is a rather steep statement"

   noun

   • 1. a steep mountain slope: literary "hair-raising steeps"

   Word Origin Old Englishstēap ‘extending to a great height’, of West Germanic origin; related to steeple and stoop1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. steepish adjective
   • 2. steepness noun

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