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The definition of a footnote is additional information or references that are printed at the bottom of the page, or something that is an afterthought.

(noun)

When you include a note at the bottom of a page of text indicating where someone can get more information about the subject you are discussing, this is an example of a footnote.
When you add an additional detail to a story you have finished telling, this is an example of a footnote.

To footnote is defined as to include additional information or references at the bottom of the page.

(verb)

When you put a notation in the text that tells the reader that more information is found at the bottom of the page, and then you include a little note with information or references at the bottom of the page, this is an example of a time where you footnote.

See footnote in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

transitive verb footnoted, footnoting

to add a footnote or footnotes to

See footnote in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.
Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence: a political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.

transitive verb foot·not·ed, foot·not·ing, foot·notes

To furnish with or comment on in footnotes.

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