postscript

noun

post·​script ˈpōs(t)-ˌskript How to pronounce postscript (audio)
: a note or series of notes appended to a completed letter, article, or book

Examples of postscript in a Sentence

In a postscript to her letter, she promised to write again soon. An interesting postscript to the story is that the two people involved later got married.
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But his impressive catch-up sprint behind Gibson will be a postscript to this highlight. Steve Buckley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 The bloodletting has seemingly only just begun in a tense postscript of the first game between the countries since a gun massacre of tourists in April in Kashmir pushed nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 And there’s a little postscript. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025 Come to find out, Daniel has been quoting a sentence from the resulting column to audiences for 33 years, and I am honored to be a postscript to an addendum to a footnote of an incident with such impact. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for postscript

Word History

Etymology

New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscribere to write after, from post- + scribere to write — more at scribe

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of postscript was in 1551

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“Postscript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postscript. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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postscript

noun
post·​script ˈpō(s)-ˌskript How to pronounce postscript (audio)
: a note or series of notes added at the end of a letter, article, or book

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