postscript

• post script
• postscriptum (post scriptum)
• PS (P.S., p.s., etc.)

From New Latin postscriptum, from Latin, neuter of postscriptus, past participle of postscrībō (“write after”), from post (“after”) + scrībō (“write”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊst.skɹɪpt/

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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. after its completion.

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.

• (addendum to a letter): afterscript, afterword

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.