footnote

Meanings

Plural: footnotes

Noun

• a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
• A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
• An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
• A qualification to the import of something.

Verb

• add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
• To add footnotes to a text.

Synonyms

annotate, asterisk, footer

Related Words

marginalia, reference mark