Footprint
noun
Mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface.
He followed the footprints in the snow to find his way back home.
Often appears as...
- footprints in the sand
- leave footprints
noun
The impact or influence of something.
Reducing our carbon footprint is essential for safeguarding the environment.
Often appears as...
- carbon footprint
- reduce footprint
noun
A measure of size or quantity.
The new data center has a smaller footprint, but more processing power.
Often appears as...
- reduce footprint
- increase footprint
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Technical
noun
The base position or structure.
The building's footprint was designed to optimize natural light.
Often appears as...
- building footprint
- adjust footprint
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Technical
noun
Mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface.
He followed the footprints in the snow to find his way back home.
Often appears as...
- footprints in the sand
- leave footprints
noun
The impact or influence of something.
Reducing our carbon footprint is essential for safeguarding the environment.
Often appears as...
- carbon footprint
- reduce footprint
noun
A measure of size or quantity.
The new data center has a smaller footprint, but more processing power.
Often appears as...
- reduce footprint
- increase footprint
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The base position or structure.
The building's footprint was designed to optimize natural light.
Often appears as...
- building footprint
- adjust footprint
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Evidence
Represents visible proof of someone's presence or movement.
Detectives searched for footprints near the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/2Path Following
Used to describe tracking or pursuing by following marks made by feet.
She traced his footsteps through the muddy garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Evidence
Represents visible proof of someone's presence or movement.
Detectives searched for footprints near the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/2Path Following
Used to describe tracking or pursuing by following marks made by feet.
She traced his footsteps through the muddy garden.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Evidence
Represents visible proof of someone's presence or movement.
Detectives searched for footprints near the crime scene.
Pro Tip 2/2Path Following
Used to describe tracking or pursuing by following marks made by feet.
She traced his footsteps through the muddy garden.
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interacting with each other in a beautiful way, and that that can happen more efficiently at a small scale. So, just as on Earth, clunky stereo systems have shrunk to beautiful, tiny iPods, maybe intelligent life itself, in order to reduce its footprint on the environment, has turned itself microscopic.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint of agriculture and farm the lands we have better. This is work that we're doing to try to highlight places in the world where we could improve yields
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
channels to basically learn about the freshwater challenge what's happening get engaged get informed and also look at your own personal water footprint so we have a tool online our freshwater footprint calculator that's been a very popular tool to help people figure out
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Can You Survive...
helpless well the first thing you're gonna do in the realist situation is shout and scream and go mad but yeah the book says sit down lie down and if you sit down or lie down all you're doing is making your footprint bigger for your weight so it does work in
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Why Shakespeare loved...
Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island A curve for unstressed syllables, and a shoe outline for stressed ones.
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
they see the footprints of snow leopards they hear the calls in the mating season they see animals killed by snow leopards but they've never seen a snorla in their life and that's what gives them this uh mythical mystical characteristic yeah so there
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Alex Steffen: The route...
Unfortunately, while this society is, without a doubt, the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created, it's got some major, major flaws. One of them is that every society has an ecological footprint.
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Rediscovering ourselves...
moving feast of stars footprints scales beginnings since when did we become afraid of the night and that only the bright stars count or that our moon is not a moon unless it is full by his
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Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
Ray's family suddenly came out and said actually it's all a big hoax because ray had made two huge wooden feet and had made the footprints I bear that course of head-scratching
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Human Footprint PIPE...
use and all the things we depend upon the average Americans lifetime consumption physically set up in one place revealed one extraordinary television event the human footprint
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Questions No One Knows...
interacting with each other in a beautiful way, and that that can happen more efficiently at a small scale. So, just as on Earth, clunky stereo systems have shrunk to beautiful, tiny iPods, maybe intelligent life itself, in order to reduce its footprint on the environment, has turned itself microscopic.
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
but we'd better not, because it's ecologically a very, very dangerous thing to do. Instead, we maybe want to freeze the footprint of agriculture and farm the lands we have better. This is work that we're doing to try to highlight places in the world where we could improve yields
Video examples
Sandra Postel: Troubled...
channels to basically learn about the freshwater challenge what's happening get engaged get informed and also look at your own personal water footprint so we have a tool online our freshwater footprint calculator that's been a very popular tool to help people figure out
Video examples
Can You Survive...
helpless well the first thing you're gonna do in the realist situation is shout and scream and go mad but yeah the book says sit down lie down and if you sit down or lie down all you're doing is making your footprint bigger for your weight so it does work in
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps. Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark it if we image the footprints he leaves walking along a deserted island A curve for unstressed syllables, and a shoe outline for stressed ones.
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
they see the footprints of snow leopards they hear the calls in the mating season they see animals killed by snow leopards but they've never seen a snorla in their life and that's what gives them this uh mythical mystical characteristic yeah so there
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Alex Steffen: The route...
Unfortunately, while this society is, without a doubt, the most prosperous and dynamic the world has ever created, it's got some major, major flaws. One of them is that every society has an ecological footprint.
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
moving feast of stars footprints scales beginnings since when did we become afraid of the night and that only the bright stars count or that our moon is not a moon unless it is full by his
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Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
Ray's family suddenly came out and said actually it's all a big hoax because ray had made two huge wooden feet and had made the footprints I bear that course of head-scratching
Video examples
Human Footprint PIPE...
use and all the things we depend upon the average Americans lifetime consumption physically set up in one place revealed one extraordinary television event the human footprint
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Kevin Rudd
Australian Politician
So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all.
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Amy Jo Martin
American Author
We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American Athlete
It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.
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Sally Jewell
American Businesswoman
When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?
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Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
The world is changing so quickly, and actors now have this huge platform of social media to interact with their audiences, but I choose not to have a social media footprint. I'm old-school like that.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints.
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Ben Fogle
English Writer
I do try to reduce my carbon footprint a little bit by travelling around London on my electric bike. A lot of people raise their eyebrows but I love riding it.
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Jan Brewer
American Politician
My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Going meatless reduces our carbon footprint and helps us lead the way towards climate change.
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Kevin Rudd
Australian Politician
So in terms of the global economic footprint, let's just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world's largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all.
Quote examples
Amy Jo Martin
American Author
We all have personal brands and most of us have already left a digital footprint, whether we like it or not. Proper social media use highlights your strengths that may not shine through in an interview or application and gives the world a broader view of who you are. Use it wisely.
Quote examples
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American Athlete
It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.
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Sally Jewell
American Businesswoman
When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?
Quote examples
Greta Thunburg
Swedish Environmentalist
By stopping flying, you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that the climate crisis is a real thing and that helps push a political movement.
Quote examples
Natalie Dormer
English Actress
The world is changing so quickly, and actors now have this huge platform of social media to interact with their audiences, but I choose not to have a social media footprint. I'm old-school like that.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
There's always been a lot of information about your activities. Every phone number you dial, every credit-card charge you make. It's long since passed that a typical person doesn't leave footprints.
Quote examples
Ben Fogle
English Writer
I do try to reduce my carbon footprint a little bit by travelling around London on my electric bike. A lot of people raise their eyebrows but I love riding it.
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Jan Brewer
American Politician
My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Going meatless reduces our carbon footprint and helps us lead the way towards climate change.
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