footnote
gb/fˈʊtnˌoʊt/ us/fˈʊtnˌoʊt/
B1
الإنجليزية
~ 4500
المعاني
0 معنى
اسم
B1
entity
1
Note at page bottom
A short piece of writing at the bottom of a page that gives more information about something in the main text.
نمط الاستخدام:
[something] in a footnote
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse 'footnote' with 'headline' or 'caption', but a footnote is always at the bottom of the page and relates to part of the main text.
المرادفات
endnote (Similar in function but placed at the end of a chapter or document rather than at the bottom of a page.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
cite in a footnote
|see footnote
|add a footnote
|refer to footnote
الموضوعات
publishing
|writing
|academia
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- The author explained the historical context in a footnote.
- Please see footnote 3 for the source of this quote.
- She added a footnote to clarify the term's meaning.
- The report contains detailed data in the footnotes.
- He cited the original study in a footnote.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- The word is explained in a footnote.
- Look at the footnote for more details.
- She wrote a footnote about the date.
- This page has three footnotes.
- The answer is in the footnote.
اسم
B2
entity
2
Minor detail or afterthought
A small or unimportant part of a bigger story or event.
نمط الاستخدام:
[something] is a footnote to [something]
خطأ شائع:
Learners may take this meaning literally and think it always refers to printed notes, but here it is figurative for something minor.
المرادفات
afterthought (Emphasizes something considered only after the main points are made.)
الأضداد
highlight (Refers to something important and attention-worthy, opposite of a minor detail.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
mere footnote
|small footnote
|footnote to history
الموضوعات
history
|journalism
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
أمثلة
- Compared to the main battle, this skirmish was just a footnote in history.
- Her role in the project became a mere footnote after she left early.
- The scandal is now only a footnote in his long career.
- This discovery is no longer central; it's a footnote to modern science.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
- This event is a small footnote in history.
- His name is now just a footnote in sports news.
- The meeting was only a footnote in my day.
- That story is a footnote to the big news.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
footnote
IPA
GB/fˈʊtnˌoʊt/
US/fˈʊtnˌoʊt/
المقاطع والنبر
foot - note (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (foot)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: footnote
- Plural: footnotes
عائلة الكلمة
Forms
footnotes
noun
Related words
التعبيرات
a footnote to history
1/ə fˈʊtnˌoʊt tə hˈɪstɚi/
fixed phrase
Small historical detail
Something that happened in the past but is not very important compared to other events.
أمثلة
- The treaty was little more than a footnote to history.
- Many local battles are now just footnotes to history.