foot·note (fo?ot?n?t?)n.1. A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.2. Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence: a political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.tr.v. foot·not·ed, foot·not·ing, foot·notes To furnish with or comment on in footnotes.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.footnote (?f?t?n??t) n1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a note printed at the bottom of a page, to which attention is drawn by means of a reference mark in the body of the text2. an additional comment, as to a main statementvb (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to supply (a page, book, etc) with footnotesCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014foot?note (?f?t?no?t) n., v. -not?ed, -not?ing. n. 1. an explanatory note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page. 2. a minor or tangential comment or event added or subordinated to a main statement or more important event: That incident is a footnote to the history of art. v.t. 3. to add a footnote or footnotes to (a text, statement, etc.); annotate. [1835?45] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.footnotePast participle: footnotedGerund: footnotingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativefootnotefootnotePresentI footnoteyou footnotehe/she/it footnoteswe footnoteyou footnotethey footnotePreteriteI footnotedyou footnotedhe/she/it footnotedwe footnotedyou footnotedthey footnotedPresent ContinuousI am footnotingyou are footnotinghe/she/it is footnotingwe are footnotingyou are footnotingthey are footnotingPresent PerfectI have footnotedyou have footnotedhe/she/it has footnotedwe have footnotedyou have footnotedthey have footnotedPast ContinuousI was footnotingyou were footnotinghe/she/it was footnotingwe were footnotingyou were footnotingthey were footnotingPast PerfectI had footnotedyou had footnotedhe/she/it had footnotedwe had footnotedyou had footnotedthey had footnotedFutureI will footnoteyou will footnotehe/she/it will footnotewe will footnoteyou will footnotethey will footnoteFuture PerfectI will have footnotedyou will have footnotedhe/she/it will have footnotedwe will have footnotedyou will have footnotedthey will have footnotedFuture ContinuousI will be footnotingyou will be footnotinghe/she/it will be footnotingwe will be footnotingyou will be footnotingthey will be footnotingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been footnotingyou have been footnotinghe/she/it has been footnotingwe have been footnotingyou have been footnotingthey have been footnotingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been footnotingyou will have been footnotinghe/she/it will have been footnotingwe will have been footnotingyou will have been footnotingthey will have been footnotingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been footnotingyou had been footnotinghe/she/it had been footnotingwe had been footnotingyou had been footnotingthey had been footnotingConditionalI would footnoteyou would footnotehe/she/it would footnotewe would footnoteyou would footnotethey would footnotePast ConditionalI would have footnotedyou would have footnotedhe/she/it would have footnotedwe would have footnotedyou would have footnotedthey would have footnotedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011