footnote
noun
an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
footnotes
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pluralof footnote.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof footnote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
footnotenounan explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
Example Sentences
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The idea that this has to be weighted down with law-review articles and footnotes and arcana about the history of a three-part test is a way of obfuscating, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Selections are described in the table of contents; footnotes running through the text would have been more convenient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some attendees even paid tribute to one of the most famous footnotes of Obama’s presidency by wearing tan suits, a lighthearted nod to the outfit that once sparked outsized political controversy.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Much about this car now feels like a collection of footnotes in a history book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
But then came the crisis: the domed silence; the dusty pages of books all around me; the days accumulating in lists of obsequious footnotes; the wandering doubts about the value of scholarship.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
