addendum

ad·den·dum

noun \ə-ˈden-dəm\

plural ad·den·da \-ˈden-də\ also ad·den·dums

Definition of ADDENDUM

1

: a thing added : addition

2

: a supplement to a book —often used in plural but singular in construction

Examples of ADDENDUM

1. The letters are included as an addendum to the biography.
2. <there's an addendum from the author to explain certain stylistic choices that she made>
3. Francine du Plessix Gray, in an essay first written in 1991 and updated with an addendum here, writes eloquently of a lifelong obsession with weight loss, stemming from the harsh judgments of a mother enraptured by fashion. —Ginia Bellafante, New York Times Book Review, 21 Sept. 2008
4. This qualification, however, is not a recent addendum to Derrida's career. In 1990, near the end of the period in which rhetoric and composition had a strong interest in his work, Derrida participated in an editor's interview … in which he characterized his project as fundamentally tied to the tradition it works both within and against. —College English, September 2006

Origin of ADDENDUM

Latin, neuter of addendus, gerundive of addere

First Known Use: 1684

Related to ADDENDUM

Synonyms

afterword, appendix, codicil, excursus, supplement

Antonyms

foreword, introduction, preface, prologue (also prolog)

Related Words

coda, epilogue (also epilog), postlude; conclusion, ending, finale; accompaniment, addition, complement, postscript; follow-up, sequel; documentation; allonge, rider

Near Antonyms

deduction, subtraction

Rhymes with ADDENDUM

agendum, pudendum