footstep
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- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌstɛp/
:
paso
- After you left for America... he followed in your footsteps.
thousands of footsteps, of millions of footsteps of people all around the world.
- thousands of footsteps, of millions of footsteps of people all around the world.
- We'll feel the vibration of your footstep and we'll look for you with bulging, sightless eyes.
- So you are along their footsteps walking next to them.
Examples
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No one had been in this room except you, yet my new friend left his footstep in the fireplace.
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At first, I thought I might be hearing my own footsteps, but I knew I was not.
Fiction book (1992) -
thousands of footsteps, of millions of footsteps of people all around the world.
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The men went away, their footsteps loud, calling to each other, until Gust was alone.
Fiction book (1993) -
You can walk beside my footsteps, use mine as guide, but don't walk in them.
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Hundreds of workers moved confidently among the machines, their footsteps and voices drowned in a sea of sound.
Academic text (1999) -
At night, the sand swallows up people's footsteps, blown smooth by the wind.
Fiction book (1998) -
Marianna's daughters are destined to follow in the footsteps of their mother and aunts.
Academic text (1995) -
Antoine Junior, Gervaise's father, in turn, follows in his father's footsteps in drinking and laziness.
Academic text (1992) -
As she walked through the quiet park, the sound of her footsteps echoed softly on the path.
Synonyms
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An act of lifting and putting down one foot when walking
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A long step when you walk or run
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One step used to measure a short distance
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A single step or the sound a foot makes when walking
Compounds
How Long
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Footstep joins foot and step, so it literally means a 'step by foot'. That's why footstep can mean one act of moving (one step) or the distance covered by that step.