footprint
noun/ˈfʊtprɪnt/
/ˈfʊtprɪnt/
- [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.
Extra Examples- The detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim.
- The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds.
- The wet footprints led back to the pool.
- They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- muddy
- wet
- …
- set
- leave
- make
- find
- …
- lead
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- (also ecological footprint)a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way
- These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint.
- the amount of space that something fills
- The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high.
- the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received
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