(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Finally, a postscript offers a parallel between the writings of Charles Dickens and the pauper cemetery.
(2) It's like that idea that all philosophy is a postscript to Plato: you come to realise that all plays are a postscript to Hamlet.
(3) Series co-ordinator Ros Brown now offers a postscript which acts as a conclusion for the series and reflects on the dilemmas and opportunities which face charge nurses as they enter into the world of purchasers and providers, hospital Trusts and PREPP.
(4) In a postscript, he conceded that not everyone was happy with his move.
(5) Compliance with existing "official" (e.g., IEEE 802.3) and "de facto" standards (e.g., PostScript) was considered to be extremely important for the selection of both hardware and software.
(6) In the postscript, John denounces the church for "sanctioning" liberal wings of the communion while capitulating to vehemently homophobic churches.
(7) Postscript In response to this piece, a Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: "Disability Living Allowance is unlike many other benefits in that entitlement is based on the care and mobility needs of each individual rather than a set of specific rules such as earnings or capital.
(8) The postscript to the story is you did finally manage to get hold of someone at BT who offered to cut your monthly bill significantly to get you to stay.
(9) In his weekly email to subscribers (to promote his online series Horace and Pete), Louis CK included a 1,400-word postscript urging his fans – particularly Republicans – not to vote for Trump.
(10) In an updated postscript to the booklet, he says that if the government is able to open civil marriage to gay people, it "will be the clearest possible signal that gay people are accepted in this society on a fully equal basis".
(11) Postscript: in 1982, Brown won Cosmopolitan magazine’s America’s sexiest man contest.
(12) In Maurice 's 1960 postscript, Forster unites the threat to wilderness that stalks both novels: "There is no forest or fell to escape to today, no cave in which to curl up."
(13) Postscript The victory over Southampton was Everton's last before today's game against Newcastle, though they have only played three matches since - draws at Middlesbrough and at home to West Ham, and a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury (when Moyes was particularly frustrated to concede a goal to a corner in the first five minutes, having spent the morning practising defending against set pieces).
(14) In spite of Freud's recommendation in his postscript to Dora, analysts may neglect, as Schwaber has pointed out, the patient's perception of the analyst's participation in the analytic context.
(15) This article includes many suggestions for improved layout and content of laboratory reports, including the use of PostScript-based laser printers, as well as display work-stations and voice response.
(16) The image files are transmitted to a VAX computer for processing and image reconstruction, and the processed images are transmitted back to the personal computer for display and recording using a film recorder or PostScript printer.
(17) Liberals hit back by tacking on their own spontaneous postscripts, promising to serve the nation "in accordance with the demands of the revolution".
(18) We are opening our arms and our doors to anyone on the planet that can help us overcome the great barriers to save our reefs and Leonardo DiCaprio is most certainly someone who can help us make significant and positive changes for the future health of the Great barrier Reef.” Postscript: After this article was first published, Indigenous traditional land owners in north Queensland, the Yidindji nation, also extended an invite to DiCaprio.
(19) The skirmish over the release of the contract has become just one more postscript in the Great Olympic Stadium Mystery.
(20) Their ectopic formation may acquire biological or clinical significance, as relatively many cells remain in the APUD stage of differentiation, if the process of postscriptional adjustment of the formed hormones is not impaired.
Signature
Definition:
(v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
(v. t.) Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
(v. t.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
(v. t.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
(v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
(v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
(v. t.) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
(v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).
(v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
Example Sentences:
(1) Voters would have to collect the signatures of 10% of constituents to force a byelection.
(2) The end result of the post is a digital signature, signed by Nakamoto’s private key.
(3) Based on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the New York Times and ProPublica reported on Thursday that the Justice Department in 2012 permitted the NSA to use widespread surveillance authorities passed by Congress to stop terrorism and foreign espionage in order to find digital signatures associated with high-level cyber intrusions.
(4) A heavy smoker – “I once quit for four months … but why should I torture myself at my age?” – and outspoken supporter of gay marriage, the divorced and recently remarried father of two collected more than 4,000 signatures from Austrian public figures and celebrities during his presidential campaign.
(5) The applicant I had countersigned for had visited a GP surgery where she began talking to another patient who was there for a GP's signature on an application, for a fee of £20.
(6) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
(7) This contract signature is not only great news for our armed forces, but demonstrates how the strong relationship between UK defence and our allies helps to ensure best value for the taxpayer.
(8) "It is rare to have such a prominent signature in a work of this date and it is one of only two of his series of paintings depicting windmills of Montmartre still in private hands."
(9) With 66,000 signatures on a petition after four days, immigration minister Peter Dutton cancelled Allen’s visa.
(10) But two key Liberal positions, on the Keystone XL and on emissions reductions targets, put Trudeau out of step with Obama, who has made climate change the signature issue of his second term in the White House.
(11) Le champ solaire d’une valeur de 23,7 millions de dollars était opérationnel à peine un an après la signature du contrat, n’en déplaise aux sceptiques qui remettaient en cause la capacité des Africains à mener à bien un projet rapidement.
(12) By the time she did so, it had attracted 213,000 signatures.
(13) The tech behemoth reported strong sales of its signature phone in its third-quarter financial report – fully 47.5m iPhones, up more than a third year-over-year, for a net revenue of $31.4bn.
(14) It was brought before parliament by a citizens’ initiative – a petition that has received at least 100,000 signatures – submitted by the hardline conservative advocacy group Ordo Iuris and the Stop Abortion coalition.
(15) The researchers identified three signatures of brain activity that corresponded to the different children's responses to the point-light displays.
(16) With a letter of no confidence already in circulation but only a small number of signatures so far, several MPs said on Monday that May was safe until summer – with colleagues desperate to get to the parliamentary recess and have a break.
(17) • The guitar, along with flamenco's signature cry of olé, are believed to be derived from early versions of the instruments brought by the Muslims to Spain.
(18) He was stunned and told me they were his signature.
(19) A government-ordered inquiry has questioned the benefits of Tony Abbott’s signature paid parental leave scheme and called for some of the funding to be diverted to early childhood education and care, saying it would have a greater impact on workforce participation.
(20) At such a juncture a writer can inject their own imagination to isolate them from the real world or maybe they can exaggerate the situation – making sure it is bold, vivid and has the signature of our real world.