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footnote

   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
foot·note  (ftnt)
n.
1. A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.
2. Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence: a political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.
tr.v. foot·not·ed, foot·not·ing, foot·notes
To furnish with or comment on in footnotes.

footnote [ˈfʊtˌnəʊt]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) 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
vb
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to supply (a page, book, etc.) with footnotes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.footnote - a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
annotation, notation, note - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
Verb1.footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

footnote
noun note, gloss, annotation, marginal note At this point a footnote explains.
Translations
footnote [ˈfʊtnəʊt] Nnota f a pie de página
footnote [ˈfʊtnəʊt] nnote f de bas de page
foot passengers npl [ferry] → passagers mpl sans véhicule
footnote [ˈfʊtˌnəʊt] nnota a piè di pagina
footnote [ˈfʊtˌnəʊt] nnota a piè di pagina


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No force *, said Merlin, hereby is a[* Footnote from M.
In spite of the fine sounding lines you will perhaps never care to read Absalom and Achitophel save as a footnote to history.
Oh, he dreams footnotes, and they run away with all his brains.
 
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