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

Artificial opens in 2003, in the University of Toronto lab of Geoffrey Hinton, the man who’d come to be known as the godfather of AI, and ends with a postscript from Hinton about the necessity of curtailing the capabilities of AI, fast. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Maybe by then Neon will need to include 20 postscripts, and submit to the Oscars’ documentary category. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

To start, a postscript on Anthropic’s biological breakthrough. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

In a postscript we are told that a listener challenged the storyteller to supply the moral of the tale and expressed doubts about its veracity. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for postscript

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• encrypt
• equipped
• outstripped
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• typescript
• unzipped

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