footnote
- noun
- /ˈfutˌnoʊt/
- The footnote at the bottom of the page explained the author's sources in detail.
- add a footnote
- see footnote
- footnote to the table
Now, just one footnote on one of those studies.
- Now, just one footnote on one of those studies.
- But then there's a footnote which actually says Eday?
- Oftentimes Wikipedia's footnotes I find to be useful tools.
- And so just putting a little footnote for everyone who's listening.
- So further I look at on the same page, there was actually a footnote which I copied down.
- It only has one footnote to it and it's gloriously written.
- So there's an introduction, a very long poem and footnotes.
- And he does it in a footnote long before Justice Scalia issues the Heller decision.
- And and I did, I did heavy looks into his footnotes and he cuts out a lot of exculpatory information.
- He also does mention in a footnote in the penal colony.
Examples
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Far from being a historical footnote, Copper Age Europe was a technological and social proving ground.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, maybe some footnote in a minor history book.
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Now, just one footnote on one of those studies.
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And there is a footnote to that.
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You may use my name in the footnote or not, as you see fit.
Fiction book (1993) -
Thank you, Chris, for that footnote.
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Details about the groupings are found in the footnote to Table 2.
Academic text (2017) -
Today, the Scythians are a faded memory, a footnote in the history books of Greece, Iran, India and China.
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So first I want to read to you the footnote to TS Eliot's The Wasteland.
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In the book, each chapter includes a footnote that provides additional resources for further reading.
Synonyms
A written note in a text that explains a word or idea
A note at the end of a book or article that gives extra information and shows sources
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word footnote comes from foot ('bottom') and note ('short comment'), because it is a short comment placed at the bottom of a page to give extra information.