Meaning

7 senses
  1. The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

    The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.

    Fußabdruck

    следsled

    слідslid

  2. (broadly, figuratively, sometimes)The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.

    To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.

    follow in someone's footsteps

    следsled

  3. The sound made by walking, running etc.

    The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.

    шагšag

    the sound of a step of someone walking

  4. A step, as in a stair.

    The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.

    ступе́нькаstupénʹka

    the distance covered by a step

  5. The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.

    Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.

    Schritt

    шагšag

  6. The act of taking a step.

    Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!

    шагšag

    the act of taking a step in walking

  7. (obsolete)An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

Examples

346 sentences
  1. Tom wants to follow in his dad's footsteps.

    Том хоче піти стопами батька.

    deTom möchte in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters treten.

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  2. Tom wants to follow in his father's footsteps.

    Том хоче піти стопами свого батька.

    ruТом хочет пойти по стопам отца.

    deTom möchte in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters treten.

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  3. I hear footsteps outside.

    Я чую кроки надворі.

    ruЯ слышу шаги снаружи.

    deIch höre Schritte draußen.

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  4. I can hear footsteps.

    Я чую кроки.

    deIch höre Schritte.

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  5. Tom heard footsteps and looked up.

    deTom hörte Schritte und blickte auf.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mark left by a foot:
Русский
By meaning 3
mark left by a foot:
sound of a footstep:
step, as in a stair:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mark left by a foot:
distance of one footstep:

Origin

From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested on

From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).

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Forms

plural: footsteps
Singularfootstep
Pluralfootsteps

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • heard heard footsteps
  • heard footsteps
  • father's footsteps
  • his father's footsteps
  • hear footsteps
  • footsteps behind

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
footstep — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto