footprint

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
noun a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
noun the area taken up by some object

From foot + print.

You love footprints, do you not? — The Big Four, Agatha Christie
Here is the path with the footprints." — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
That change in the footprints, for example. — The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle

footmark, step

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