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

Woman of the Hour acknowledges in a postscript that survivors and other private citizens had reported Alcala to law enforcement for a decade, but this after-the-fact treatment almost downplays the sheer volume of his previous crimes. —Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024

Synnott wrote about the ordeal in the book’s postscript, and published a lengthy essay about the revelation on Salon.com China has never acknowledged that its climbing teams found Irvine or Mallory. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024

The Falklands War might form a small postscript in more recent volumes; but with the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, there seems no more empire to meaningfully speak of. —Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 12 June 2024

With both women pledging their support to Trump, the fight seemed less a proxy for the party’s feelings about the former president than a postscript to the bitter 2022 Republican primary for U.S. Senate. —Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024

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

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