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UK
/fˈʊtpɹɪnt/
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[ US /ˈfʊtˌpɹɪnt/ ]
[ US /ˈfʊtˌpɹɪnt/ ]
NOUN
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a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window -
a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
the footprints of an earlier civilization -
the area taken up by some object
the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
How To Use footprint In A Sentence
- During the next patrol, at about 10 p.m., however, our men found fresh footprints on the wet ground.
- But what would happen if that gaze turned to the IT industry, and asked us what we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint? Computing
- The scheme requires about 5,000 large organisations to report annually on their energy use and to buy carbon allowances in line with their carbon footprints. Computing
- Through a set of smart green building strategies the "bioclimatic" buildings are able to significantly reduce their environmental footprint. INHABITAT
- Therefore, five 11m long cantilevers were created to allow the total number of dwellings to reach 100 while keeping to the planners’ preferred footprint.
- On the ‘dinosaur coast’, near Scarborough, the footprints of a diplodocus show that the sandstone there was laid down 150 million years ago.
- It requires a proactive approach and an international footprint. Times, Sunday Times
- It requires a proactive approach and an international footprint. Times, Sunday Times
- Petrified wood and fossils are evident during backcountry hikes away from the river, but remember to take only pictures and leave only footprints.
- A set of prehistoric footprints, said to show meat-eating dinosaurs hunting vegetarian dinos, has just been recreated in a detailed 3-D model.