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Definition of "endnote" [endnote]

  • A note placed at the end of an article, chapter, or book that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "endnote" in a sentence
  • "or to complicate their responses even further--Marianne Moore had it both ways by including the longer poem as a kind of endnote to the three-liner."
  • "But such provocation is a deliberate strategy: In an endnote, Ms. Ridley acknowledges that hers is "an unfamiliar version of history, one that some other scholars might wish to dispute.""
  • "Then I found him in an endnote, with a sort of accolade."