FOOTNOTE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does footnote mean? 

• FOOTNOTE (noun)
  The noun FOOTNOTE has 1 sense:

1. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

  Familiarity information: FOOTNOTE used as a noun is very rare.

• FOOTNOTE (verb)
  The verb FOOTNOTE has 1 sense:

1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

  Familiarity information: FOOTNOTE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTNOTE (noun)

Meaning:

A printed note placed below the text on a printed page

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

footnote; footer

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

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

• FOOTNOTE (verb)

Meaning:

Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

annotate; footnote

Context example:

The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel

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