n.b.

Mark this well

N.b. is an abbreviation for the Latin nota bene, meaning "note well." It introduces something the reader should pay particular attention to—a clarification, exception, or important aside: N.b.: This offer expires Friday.

The abbreviation appears in formal writing, academic texts, and legal documents. (Also written N.B.)

abbreviation

nota bene

Latin attention directive

brevity · conciseness

Opposites
attention/importance signaling

n.b.ignore

Refuse to notice

disregard · never mind · skip · overlook · pass over

emphasis vs. dismissal

n.b.aside

Brief theatrical digression

parenthetically · incidentally · in passing · tangentially · as an aside

textual prominence

n.b.footnote

Citation at page bottom

fine print · parenthetical · aside · afterthought · marginalia

Family

note, notable, notably, notation, notate, annotate, annotation, benevolent, benevolence

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