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footnote

3 definitions • 1 example
1
a note printed at the bottom of a page that gives extra information about something that has been written on that page
2
an event, subject, or detail that is not important:

Examples:

footnote in history His tumultuous triumph five years ago now seems like little more than a footnote in history.
3
a note at the bottom of a page that gives extra information about something in the text on that page

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