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Footnotes

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.

📖 Definitions of "Footnotes"

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.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Footnotes"

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WordDefinition
annotateverb(transitive) To add annotation to.
annotationsnounA comment added to a text.
briefsnoun(usually in the plural) A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
chitsnounA child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
commentarynounAn oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
crossnounA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
cross-referencednounA reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.
cross-referencesnounA reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.
dismissalsnounDeprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
endnotesnounAn annotation placed at the end of a document or chapter of a document.
footersnoun(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)
gradesnounGrammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.
marksnounA surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark.
memonounA short note; a memorandum.
memorandaan open source and cross-platform personal projects and diaries manager.
memosnounA short note; a memorandum.
notationnoun(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
notationsnouna book that was edited and compiled by American avant-garde composer John Cage with Alison Knowles and first published in 1969 by Something Else Press.
notenounA symbol or annotation.
notesnounAcronym of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery.

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