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Academic English & Research vocabulary · Citing and Referencing

Footnote

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

/ˈfʊtnəʊt/nounCore term

In academic english & research, footnote means: A numbered note at the bottom of a page that gives a source or extra information connected to a point in the main text.

In Turkish: dipnot

How it is used

In history, law and many humanities fields, sources are cited in footnotes, for example in Chicago notes-bibliography style. In APA and other author-date styles, footnotes are rare and used only for brief extra comments. Notes collected at the end of a chapter or book are endnotes.

Example sentences

  1. The original Ottoman term is explained in a footnote.

  2. Use footnotes for citations, as required by the Chicago style.

Common collocations

  • in a footnote
  • add a footnote
  • footnote citation
  • footnotes and endnotes
  • citationA reference to a source in a piece of writing; also each time another publication refers to a work, counted as a measure of its influence.
  • ibid.A Latin abbreviation of ibidem ('in the same place'), used in a note to refer to the source cited in the note immediately before.
  • bibliographyA list of sources on a subject placed at the end of a work; unlike a reference list, it may include works consulted but not cited.
  • Harvard referencingA widely used author–date citation system in which the author's surname and year appear in the text, with full details in an alphabetical reference list.

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