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ADDENDUM (addenda)

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Irregular inflected form: addenda  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does addendum mean? 

ADDENDUM (noun)
  The noun ADDENDUM has 1 sense:

1. textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the endplay

  Familiarity information: ADDENDUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADDENDUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

addendum; postscript; supplement

Hypernyms ("addendum" is a kind of...):

matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "addendum"):

appendix (supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book)

continuation; sequel (a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it)

Holonyms ("addendum" is a part of...):

back matter; end matter (written matter following the main text of a book)


 Context examples 


In his pocket was a bottle, carefully corked, empty save for a little roll of paper, which proved to be the addendum to the log.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

and then hasty addenda beneath: Let me know about the funeral etc do not know his family at all.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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