Definitions for footprint

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footprint foot·print

Spelling: [foo t-print]

IPA: /ˈfʊtˌprɪnt/

Footprint is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in footprint (finooprtt).

Definitions for footprint

noun

1. a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand.
2. an impression of the sole of a person's foot, especially one taken for purposes of identification.
3. Informal. the track of a tire, especially on wet pavement.
4. a unique set of characteristics, actions, etc., that leave a trace and serve as a means of identification:
5. the area affected by an increase in the level of sound or noise, as that generated by an airplane.
6. Telecommunications. the area of the earth's surface within which a communications satellite's signals can be received.
7. Aerospace. the area within which it is predicted that a spacecraft or its debris will land.
8. the surface space of a desk or tabletop occupied by a piece of equipment, especially a computer or other electronic device.
9. the surface area occupied by any structure, device, etc.:
10. the impact that humans have on the environment, especially in the utilization of natural resources:
11. any impact or effect, or its scope:
12. Also called ecological footprint. the amount of biologically productive land and ocean area required to sustain the resource consumption and waste production of an individual, population, or human activity: measured in global acres or hectares.
13. Computers. the amount of memory or disk space required by a program.

Origin of footprint

First recorded in 1545-55; foot + print

Examples for footprint

"Gosh, you sure made a footprint there," he said wonderingly.

Then he looked about for some sign of her, some footprint by the pool.

And with New York now firmly on its side, the WFP is seeking to expand beyond the six states where it has a footprint.

S'pose now, you think you might run on that footprint Bob was speakin' about, say?

I don't know who made that footprint, but it certainly couldn't have been a Bear.

Every single one of them leaves a footprint online, however minor it may be.

Here is one footprint, and there is another quite different.

Because the footprint is only partial, there is no definitive way to positively identify just whose print it is.

The airline industry is shrinking its footprint, and seems just fine with that.

Upon further investigation, she discovered that the footprint was her own.