footnote
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,054 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 69,476 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a printed note placed below the text on a printed page also: footer
verb
- add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments also: annotate The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
footnote in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Footnote 2: Introduction to the Literature of Europe, vol. i. p.
The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass · Kenneth R. H. (Kenneth Robert Henderson) [Translator] Mackenzie · Chapter 1
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See also references in footnote 29, page 27 of this thesis.
The American historical novel (on American themes) before 1860 · Ernest Erwin Leisy · Chapter 1
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Footnote 1: Crossed out: Was one hailed by the noblest men of it.
Billy Budd · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Footnote 1: Two Thousand Miles in Texas on Horseback; by McDanield and Taylor.
George in Camp · Harry Castlemon · Chapter 1
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The single footnote has been moved to follow the paragraph in which it is referenced.
New Ideas for Work and Play · Lina Beard · Chapter 1