Footer definition and meaning

Footer definition: A footer is text such as a name or page number that can be automatically displayed at the… | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word Frequency


footer


(


f

ʊ

tər



)

Word forms:


footers


countable noun

A

footer

is text such as a name or page number that can be automatically displayed at the
bottom of each page of a printed document. Compare

header

.



[

computing

]


Page Mode shows headers, footers, footnotes and page numbers.


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Word Frequency


footer


in American English


(


ˈfʊtər



)


noun


1.


footing (sense 6

)


2.

in

word


processing

, a

line

or lines of text, typically consisting of the

topic

,

date

, page number, etc., printed at the bottom of each page of a document
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Word Frequency


-footer


in American English


(


ˈfʊtər



)

a person or thing (a specified number of) feet

tall

,

high

, long, etc.


used in hyphenated compounds

[

six-

footer]

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Word Frequency


footer


in British English


1


(


ˈfʊtə



)


noun


1.


archaic

a person who

goes

on

foot

;

walker


2.



(

in combination

)

a person or thing of a

specified


length

or

height

in feet
a six-footer

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Word Frequency


footer


in British English


2


(


ˈfʊtə



)


noun


British


informal


short for


football (sense 1

)


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Word Frequency


footer


in British English


3


or


fouter


(


ˈfuːtər



,

ˈfuːtə


)


Scottish


verb



(

intransitive

)


1.

to

potter

;

occupy

oneself trivially or to little

effect


noun


2.

a person who footers

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Word origin

perhaps from French

foutre

; see

footle

Examples of ‘footer’ in a sentence

footer


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A

component

can be a

header

, footer, etc.



Drama

and

conflict


seemed

to be a

fact

of

life

in the

history

of the 18 footer

class

and the

late

1940s were no

exception

.

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