postscript
pronunciation
How to pronounce postscript in British English:
UK [ˈpəʊstskrɪpt]
How to pronounce postscript in American English:
US [ˈpoʊstskrɪpt]
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- Noun:
- a note appended to a letter after the signature
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
Word Origin
- postscript
- postscript: see post
- postscript (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin post scriptum "written after," from neuter past participle of Latin postscribere "write after," from post "after" (see post-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)).
Example
- 1. It ends with a somewhat depressing postscript chapter .
- 2. Few people know that princip 's life had a postscript .
- 3. This signifies that it is postscript .
- 4. This postscript decreased greatly the young girl 's happiness .
- 5. In what was to become a sad postscript , the baseball coach , who had been on his honeymoon , had reportedly been told that it would bring happiness .