footnote
footnote
Definition
foot·note (fo̵ot′nōt′)
noun
- a note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page
- an additional comment, remark, etc.
transitive verb -·not′ed, -·not′·ing
to add a footnote or footnotes to
footnote
Synonyms
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.
