footprint
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌprɪnt/
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- Here, Sayers found the partial footprint of another cabin that appears to have been set using round posts.
- leave a footprint
- a global footprint
And when you build a business, it has a much bigger social footprint than when you just finance.
- And when you build a business, it has a much bigger social footprint than when you just finance.
- And each cancer has its own footprint.
- So they primed their brain so they can actually step into that footprint.
- So model someone who's left the footprints and that's much faster way to get to your goals.
- I heard revealed nature cars in the street and the garbage footprints of a world.
- So what else has that much of A footprint?
Examples
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My goal, maybe even in a quiet way, is to leave footprints on the world.
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I want to leave the footprint of America in Vietnam.
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You cannot leave a footprint in a moving stream.
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We're going to examine why this major difference, why some diseases have a much more lasting footprint than others.
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Sustainable architects have introduced new construction practices that produce buildings with no carbon footprint.
Academic text (2012) -
Although I only spent a few minutes with that young lady, the footprints that she left in my career were lasting.
Academic text (2007) -
Read on how you, too, can leave a lasting positive footprint by creating your own NGO.
Blog text (14) -
Footprints leading off in all directions.
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Then, using the microscopic dirt particles on this footprint, we'll get a geological breakdown of the entire city.
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The scientist discovered footprints left by ancient animals in the fossil layer.
Synonyms
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3.3
A small sign that something was there
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1.4
A visible sign left where a person or animal has passed
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4.4
A lasting change left by an event or person
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4.1
A lasting sign someone leaves that shows their influence
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6.8
A strong lasting memory or effect you cannot forget
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2.4
A mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface
Compounds
How Evident
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember this sense of footprint is to think of the marks people leave behind, because from foot + print it means a lasting 'trace' or effect someone or something makes.