- 1[usually plural] a mark left on a surface by a person's foot or shoe or by an animal's foot footprints in the sand muddy footprints on the kitchen floor He could identify any animal from its footprints.
- 2the amount of space that something fills, for example the amount of space that a computer takes up on a desk
- 3the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received see carbon footprint
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