footnote

Definition of Footnote in English :

1. footer, footnote

a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

2. annotate, footnote

add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Example Sentences:
'The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Footnote

noun

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

verb

3. (transitive)

to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotes

noun

1.

a note of comment or reference at the bottom of a page

n.

1. A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.

2. Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence: a political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.

tr.v. foot·not·ed, foot·not·ing, foot·notes

To furnish with or comment on in footnotes.