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Footnote

//ˈfʊtˌnoʊt// noun, verb

Definitions

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
    a printed note placed below the text on a printed page wordnet
  3. 3
    An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related. broadly

    "a mere footnote in history"

  4. 4
    A qualification to the import of something.
Verb
  1. 1
    To add footnotes to a text.

    "She does everything she does with a kind of terrifying thoroughness, footnoted and bibliographied, as it were, down to the smallest detail."

  2. 2
    add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From foot + note.

Etymology 2

From foot + note.

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