Footnote
noun
An extra piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.
She added a footnote in the report to clarify the source of her data.
Often appears as...
- add a footnote
- footnote reference
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Academic
noun
An extra comment or detail that is less important.
In the history of the country, this event is only a footnote.
Often appears as...
- just a footnote
- detail as footnote
verb
To add an extra piece of information at the bottom of a page.
Always footnote your sources when writing an academic paper.
Often appears as...
- footnote a source
- properly footnote
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An extra piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.
She added a footnote in the report to clarify the source of her data.
Often appears as...
- add a footnote
- footnote reference
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An extra comment or detail that is less important.
In the history of the country, this event is only a footnote.
Often appears as...
- just a footnote
- detail as footnote
verb
To add an extra piece of information at the bottom of a page.
Always footnote your sources when writing an academic paper.
Often appears as...
- footnote a source
- properly footnote
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Clarification
Footnotes provide detailed information without cluttering the main text, often used for citations in academic work.
See Smith's work on the subject.¹
Pro Tip 2/3Bottom of Page
Footnotes always appear at the bottom of the page where the reference is made, not at the end of the document.
His argument is persuasive².
Pro Tip 3/3Numerical Reference
Footnotes are usually marked by a superscript number following the text they relate to.
The results were significant³.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Clarification
Footnotes provide detailed information without cluttering the main text, often used for citations in academic work.
See Smith's work on the subject.¹
Pro Tip 2/3Bottom of Page
Footnotes always appear at the bottom of the page where the reference is made, not at the end of the document.
His argument is persuasive².
Pro Tip 3/3Numerical Reference
Footnotes are usually marked by a superscript number following the text they relate to.
The results were significant³.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Clarification
Footnotes provide detailed information without cluttering the main text, often used for citations in academic work.
See Smith's work on the subject.¹
Pro Tip 2/3Bottom of Page
Footnotes always appear at the bottom of the page where the reference is made, not at the end of the document.
His argument is persuasive².
Pro Tip 3/3Numerical Reference
Footnotes are usually marked by a superscript number following the text they relate to.
The results were significant³.
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Jer Thorp: Numbers That...
full of footnotes occasionally those footnotes have footnotes and occasionally those footnotes - footnotes have footnotes and when he was asked why he did this he responded he said I wanted to mimic the information flood and data triage that I thought would be would be a bigger part of us life 15
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Being William Hearst PIPE...
newspaper guy a good businessman who ran successful papers for a while but in that sense he will be a footnote in the world of journalism where his Hurst's name my name will be remembered as a game-changer as someone who changed the way the news happens
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Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
but there's nothing else in the world I'd rather be doing. And as we look ahead I'd like to share with you a It's the thought of a future where the 17 million deaths per year that we currently have due to infectious disease is a historical footnote.
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Why we have virus...
for plants, fungus and animals, humans being a footnote; interesting footnote but a footnote nonetheless. This is honestly the most exciting period ever for the study of unknown life forms on our planet. The dominant things that exist here
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What you might not know...
and Adams thought Jefferson was a much better writer than he was. Second, though Jefferson never used footnotes, or credited his sources, some of his memorable words and phrases were borrowed from other writers and slightly tweaked.
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Why I risked my life to...
should not be forgotten. In bearing witness to their crisis, I felt a small communion with these people. From far away, this war had felt like a footnote in world news. As a witness, the war felt like history unfolding.
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Einstein's brilliant...
coauthored with his young colleagues Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. Regarded as an odd philosophical footnote well into the 1980s, this EPR paper has recently become central to a new understanding of quantum physics,
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Plato’s best (and worst)...
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today's thinkers like Plato. One 20th century philosopher even went so far as to describe all of Western philosophy as a series of footnotes to Plato.
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Black life at the...
But I do not want to be a mother who gave birth to poems. I do not want a stanza for a son nor a line for a little girl nor a footnote for a child who doesn't fit into this world.
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Life Beyond the Sun by...
never ever really stopped and thought beyond this glory all we've dreamed wouldn't even be a footnote in your story
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Jer Thorp: Numbers That...
full of footnotes occasionally those footnotes have footnotes and occasionally those footnotes - footnotes have footnotes and when he was asked why he did this he responded he said I wanted to mimic the information flood and data triage that I thought would be would be a bigger part of us life 15
Video examples
Being William Hearst PIPE...
newspaper guy a good businessman who ran successful papers for a while but in that sense he will be a footnote in the world of journalism where his Hurst's name my name will be remembered as a game-changer as someone who changed the way the news happens
Video examples
Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
but there's nothing else in the world I'd rather be doing. And as we look ahead I'd like to share with you a It's the thought of a future where the 17 million deaths per year that we currently have due to infectious disease is a historical footnote.
Video examples
Why we have virus...
for plants, fungus and animals, humans being a footnote; interesting footnote but a footnote nonetheless. This is honestly the most exciting period ever for the study of unknown life forms on our planet. The dominant things that exist here
Video examples
What you might not know...
and Adams thought Jefferson was a much better writer than he was. Second, though Jefferson never used footnotes, or credited his sources, some of his memorable words and phrases were borrowed from other writers and slightly tweaked.
Video examples
Why I risked my life to...
should not be forgotten. In bearing witness to their crisis, I felt a small communion with these people. From far away, this war had felt like a footnote in world news. As a witness, the war felt like history unfolding.
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
coauthored with his young colleagues Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. Regarded as an odd philosophical footnote well into the 1980s, this EPR paper has recently become central to a new understanding of quantum physics,
Video examples
Plato’s best (and worst)...
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today's thinkers like Plato. One 20th century philosopher even went so far as to describe all of Western philosophy as a series of footnotes to Plato.
Video examples
Black life at the...
But I do not want to be a mother who gave birth to poems. I do not want a stanza for a son nor a line for a little girl nor a footnote for a child who doesn't fit into this world.
Video examples
Life Beyond the Sun by...
never ever really stopped and thought beyond this glory all we've dreamed wouldn't even be a footnote in your story
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Alex Berenson
American Author
Trust-me companies are companies whose financial results gallop ahead of their businesses, companies with seemingly perfect control over their quarterly sales and profits. Companies whose financial statements are loaded with footnotes: companies that short-sellers often attack but rarely dent.
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Robert Winston
British Scientist
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few books too - none of it's very important. All will be forgotten and in a few years time will be a few comments in eight-point type in footnotes at the bottom of the page somewhere.
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Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! It's the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance.
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Margaret Halsey
American Author
He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.
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Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
If there's one thing that lawyers know about reading documents, it's to pay attention to the footnotes. In fact, oftentimes the most important information is buried there.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.
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Vladimir Nabokov
American Novelist
Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
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Paul Eldridge
American Educator
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Russian Poet
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
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Alex Berenson
American Author
Trust-me companies are companies whose financial results gallop ahead of their businesses, companies with seemingly perfect control over their quarterly sales and profits. Companies whose financial statements are loaded with footnotes: companies that short-sellers often attack but rarely dent.
Quote examples
Robert Winston
British Scientist
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few books too - none of it's very important. All will be forgotten and in a few years time will be a few comments in eight-point type in footnotes at the bottom of the page somewhere.
Quote examples
Tullian Tchividjian
American Clergyman
Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! It's the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance.
Quote examples
Margaret Halsey
American Author
He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.
Quote examples
Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
If there's one thing that lawyers know about reading documents, it's to pay attention to the footnotes. In fact, oftentimes the most important information is buried there.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.
Quote examples
Vladimir Nabokov
American Novelist
Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.
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Paul Eldridge
American Educator
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Russian Poet
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
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