Meaning

11 senses
  1. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

    Fußabdruck, Fußspur, Fußstapfen

    следsled, отпеча́токotpečátok

    слідslid, відби́токvidbýtok

  2. Space required by a piece of equipment.

    This computer has a smaller footprint.

    Fußabdruck

  3. The amount of hard drive space required for a program.

    Standfläche, Aufstandsfläche

  4. The audit trail left by a crashed program.

  5. A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.

  6. (figuratively, in the plural)What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.

    He is following in his father's footprints.

  7. The surface space occupied by a structure.

    the footprint of a building

    Gehäusegeometrie, Grundfläche, Stellfläche

  8. A company's geographic market presence.

    The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.

  9. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.

    My carbon footprint is very high.

  10. Availability of a satellite from the ground.

    Ausleuchtzone

    зо́на обслу́живанияzóna obslúživanija, зо́на покры́тияzóna pokrýtija

  11. A polygon representing the shape of an item.

    building footprint

More definitions
  • the area taken up by some object
  • a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
  • a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

Examples

180 sentences
  1. We found the footprints in the sand.

    Ми знайшли сліди на піску.

    ruМы обнаружили следы на песке.

    deWir haben die Fußspuren im Sand gefunden.

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  2. Did you see any footprints?

    Ти бачив якісь сліди?

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  3. I don't see any footprints anywhere.

    ruЯ нигде не вижу никаких следов.

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  4. I wonder whose footprints these are.

    ruИнтересно, чьи это следы?

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  5. Tom saw footprints in the mud.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the impression of the foot:
Русский
By meaning 2
the impression of the foot:
availability of a satellite from the ground:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
the impression of the foot:
(computing) amount of hard drive space required for a program.:
surface space occupied by a structure:
availability of a satellite from the ground:

Origin

From foot + print.

From foot + print.

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Forms

plural: footprints
Singularfootprint
Pluralfootprints

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • footprints in the
  • muddy footprints on
  • footprints on the
  • muddy footprints
  • saw footprints in
  • footprints of an
  • there were footprints
  • saw footprints

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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