footnote
Use Footnote in a sentence
noun
1.
an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
2.
a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event.
verb (used with object)
3.
to add a footnote or footnotes to (a text, statement, etc.); annotate: to footnote a dissertation.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a note printed at the bottom of a page, to which attention is drawn by means of a reference mark in the body of the text |
| 2. | an additional comment, as to a main statement |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotes |
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Footnote
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is hornswoggle. Does it mean:
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
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Example sentences
Molnar's research is now a fascinating footnote waiting to be pushed forward by other researchers.
He either succeeds, and achieves immortality in his profession, or becomes a blameworthy historical footnote.
There's one melancholy footnote to this whole story.
Fox may be the footnote to what could be the real story.
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