postscript

noun

post·​script ˈpōs(t)-ˌskript 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

Rhymes for postscript

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• encrypt
• equipped
• outstripped
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• transshipped
• typescript

Kids Definition

postscript

noun

post·​script ˈpō(s)-ˌskript 

: a note or series of notes added at the end of a letter, article, or book