foot — meaning in English

English meaning

• football noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
• footer noun A footgoer; pedestrian

Senses

foot is used for these senses in English:

• football (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
• football (UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
• footer (computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)

football — full definition

1. noun A sport where two teams try to score by getting a ball into a goal, especially soccer in most of the world or American football in the US.
2. noun The ball used in such a game.
3. noun Informal: an issue passed back and forth between people or groups without resolution.

footer — full definition

1. noun A footgoer; pedestrian
2. noun A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
3. noun Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension.
4. noun Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot.

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