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footnote Definition

foot·note (fo̵otnōt′)

noun

  1. a note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page
  2. an additional comment, remark, etc.

transitive verb -·not′ed, -·not′·ing

to add a footnote or footnotes to

footnote Synonyms

footnote

n.

footnote Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • page: Alasdair Morgan: I want to ask about the footnote on page 22.

Preposition: at

  • bottom: Do not place footnotes at the bottoms of manuscript text pages.
  • end: Footnotes TeX has built in facilities for producing footnotes at the end of a page.

Adjective modifier

  • lettered: These features should be recorded, dated and discussed in lettered footnotes.
  • explanatory: Yusuf Ali's explanatory footnotes are quite useful in some instances.
  • copious: Peterson has translated Latin terms and added copious footnotes, putting the instructions and references into context for the modern reader.
  • mere: The Olympic amateur ideal is now a mere footnote in the history of the game.
  • curious: But the strange odyssey of the royalties had one last, curious footnote.
  • lengthy: Authors are asked to write as concisely as possible and to avoid lengthy footnotes.

Converse of object

  • exclude: Length and format: The stipulated length is 10,000 words excluding footnotes, appendices and bibliography.
  • see: See footnote 32 in " The March 16 Chemical Attack on Halabja " within " Genocide in Iraq.
  • add: Now let me add a footnote that you might think about.
  • attach: The phrase goes back to at least 1824 when an explanation of its meaning appears as a footnote attached to its use.
  • include: Articles should normally not exceed 14,000 words, including footnotes.
  • contain: Should such legislation contain a footnote referring to the case?

Modifies a noun

  • reference: I suppose what you now have at Kansas is copies of the items mentioned in my footnote reference no.
  • text: If you hover your mouse over the cell, the footnote text will appear saying ' Data cell blank in original dataset ' .
  • number: At the end of the article, again type the footnote number out by hand, followed by the note itself.

Preposition: in

  • history: The Olympic amateur ideal is now a mere footnote in the history of the game.

Noun used with modifier

  • table: Table footnotes should be keyed by superscript lower case letters.
footnote Quotes

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mist of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past.

—Thatcher, Margaret HildaThatcher, Baroness

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