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The definition of a postscript is an additional note or remark tacked on at the end that provides more information or details.

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When you have finished and signed a letter and then add a note on the end with a P.S., this is an example of a postscript.

See postscript in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a note, paragraph, etc. added below the signature in a letter or at the end of a book, speech, etc. as an afterthought or to give supplementary information

Origin: ModL postscriptum < L, neut. pp. of postscribere < post-, after (see post-) + scribere, to write: see scribe

See postscript in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. PS

A message appended at the end of a letter after the writer's signature.
Additional information appended to the manuscript, as of a book or article.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin *postscrīptum

Origin: , from neuter past participle of Latin postscrībere, to write after

Origin: : post-, post-

Origin: + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots

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