Library / English Dictionary

FOOTNOTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A printed note placed below the text on a printed page

Synonyms:

footer; footnote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("footnote" is a kind of...):

annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Derivation:

footnote (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Example:

The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel

Synonyms:

annotate; footnote

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "footnote" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

footnote (a printed note placed below the text on a printed page)

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