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footnote


footnote [foo t-noht] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for footnote on Thesaurus.com noun

  1. an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
  2. a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event.

verb (used with object), foot·not·ed, foot·not·ing.

  1. to add a footnote or footnotes to (a text, statement, etc.); annotate: to footnote a dissertation.

Origin of footnote First recorded in 1835–45; foot + note Related Words for footnote explanation, reference, afterthought Examples from the Web for footnote Contemporary Examples of footnote

  • When I wrote the novel about the Gulag, House of Meetings, the name Stalin only appears in a footnote very early on.

    Martin Amis Talks About Nazis, Novels, and Cute Babies

    Ronald K. Fried

    October 9, 2014

  • By the time “decisions need to be made” about 2016, Christie said, “I think this will be a footnote.”

    Chris Christie’s YOLO Attitude for 2016

    Olivia Nuzzi

    May 15, 2014

  • To put things into perspective, had Gore won his home state, Florida would have been relegated to a footnote.

    Memo to the 2016 GOP: Winning Your Home State Matters

    Lloyd Green

    May 5, 2014

  • A footnote toward the end of the book gives a short, wonderful history of human adornment, but the discussion remains didactic.

    Objectively Speaking: Stephanie LaCava’s ‘An Extraordinary Theory of Objects’

    Lauren Elkin

    December 13, 2012

  • He happened to have a copy of the 2009 paperback at hand, glanced through it, and again overlooked the footnote.

    Meet The Man Who Wrongly Accused Fareed Zakaria of Plagiarism

    David Frum

    August 16, 2012

  • Historical Examples of footnote

  • Transcriber’s note: No footnote text was found for this footnote marker.

    Changing Winds

    St. John G. Ervine

  • Well, they ought to print the thing, if only as a footnote to your drawings, Sis.

    Audrey Craven

    May Sinclair

  • Transcriber’s note:No anchor for this footnote could be found on this page.

    Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863

    Various

  • Mr. Logan writes to the papers for an explanation which is given in a footnote.

    Ireland as It Is

    Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

  • The record of what she did is but a footnote to the page of what she suffered.

    The Heart of Thunder Mountain

    Edfrid A. Bingham

  • British Dictionary definitions for footnote footnote noun

    1. a note printed at the bottom of a page, to which attention is drawn by means of a reference mark in the body of the text
    2. an additional comment, as to a main statement

    verb

    1. (tr) to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotes

    Word Origin and History for footnote n.

    1841, from foot (n.) + note (n.). So called from its original position at the foot of a page. Also sometimes formerly Bottom note. As a verb, from 1864. Related: Footnoted; footnoting.

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