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footprint

footp·rint

UK/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/ US/ˈfʊˌtprɪnt/ fairly common

noun

1.

a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

  • “the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window”
Synonyms
2.

a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

  • “the footprints of an earlier civilization”
3.

the area taken up by some object

  • “the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches”

Origin

From foot + print.

Phrases

  • carbon footprint
  • digital footprint
  • ecological footprint
  • footprints on the sands of time
  • noise footprint
  • plastic footprint
  • water footprint

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