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Footstep (Noun)

The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch".

Nouns denoting natural events.

She froze as she heard a single footstep outside her bedroom door.
The detective examined the soft ground carefully for any signs of footstep marks.
He tried to move quietly down the hallway, but his heavy footstep echoed off the walls.
As she walked through the abandoned house, every creaking footstep sounded like a thunderclap.
She strained her ears to listen for the sound of his approaching footstep on the gravel path.

The act of taking a step in walking.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig".

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.