Footnote Definition

fo͝otnōt
footnoted, footnotes, footnoting
noun
footnotes
A note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page or, now often, at the end of a chapter or book.
Webster's New World
An additional comment, remark, etc.
Webster's New World
Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence.
A political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.
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verb
footnoted, footnotes, footnoting
To add a footnote or footnotes to.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Footnote

Noun

Singular:
footnote
Plural:
footnotes

Footnote Sentence Examples

  • The reference was cited in footnote 46.

  • Now let me add a footnote that you might think about.

  • Footnotes and endnotes Don't place footnote or endnote option codes in the subdocuments.

  • Other activities such as the conduct of anthropological fieldwork are relegated, on this account, to an insignificant footnote.

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

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Words Starting With

FFOFOO

Words Ending With

ETEOTE

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Words Starting With F and Ending With E

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