(~s)
1.
A ~ is a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
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2.
If you refer to what you are saying as a ~, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
As a ~, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
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3.
If you describe an event as a ~, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
I’m afraid that his name will now become a ~ in history.
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