First Known Use: 1684
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addendum
noun ad·den·dum \ə-ˈden-dəm\
: something that is added; especially : a section of a book that is added to the main or original text
plural ad·den·da \-ˈden-də\ also ad·den·dums
Full Definition of ADDENDUM
2
: a supplement to a book —often used in plural but singular in construction
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Examples of ADDENDUM
- 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
- 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
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Origin of ADDENDUM
Latin, neuter of addendus, gerundive of addere
Related to ADDENDUM
- Synonyms
- afterword, appendix, codicil, excursus, supplement
- Antonyms
- foreword, introduction, preface, prologue (also prolog)
ADDENDUM Defined for Kids
addendum
noun ad·den·dum \ə-ˈden-dəm\
plural ad·den·da \ə-ˈden-də\
Definition of ADDENDUM for Kids
: something added (as to a book)
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