footnote

/ˈfʊtˌnəʊt//ˈfʊtˌnoʊt/

noun

  1. 1

    A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.

    consult the footnotes for more details
  2. 2

    (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.

    a mere footnote in history
  3. 3

    A qualification to the import of something.

verb

  1. 1

    To add footnotes to a text.

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