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Webster 1913 Edition


Postscript

Post′script

,
Noun.
[L.
postscriptus
, (assumed) p. p. of
postscribere
to write after;
post
after +
scribere
to write: cf. F.
postscriptum
. See
Post-
, and
Scribe
.]
A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
[Abbrev.
P. S.
]

Webster 1828 Edition


Postscript

POSTSCRIPT

,
Noun.
[L. post, after, and scriptum, written.]
A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; or any addition made to a book or composition after it had been supposed to be finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.

Definition 2024


postscript

postscript

See also: post script

English

Alternative forms

Noun

postscript (plural postscripts)

  1. (countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author’s signature.
  2. (countable) An addition to a story, play, etc.

Usage notes

To indicate the beginning of a postscript to a letter, one often uses the abbreviation PS (or P.S., p.s., etc) followed by a colon or comma.

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Verb

postscript (third-person singular simple present postscripts, present participle postscripting, simple past and past participle postscripted)

  1. To extend (a letter or another document) with additional remarks.