footnote
/ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
- A qualification to the import of something.
- To add footnotes to a text.
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