Meaning & Definition of Footprint in English

1. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

• "The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

2. A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

• "The footprints of an earlier civilization"

3. The area taken up by some object

• "The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"