annotated
Americanadjective
Usage
What does annotated mean? The adjective annotated is used to describe a text or similar thing to which notes or comments have been added to provide explanation or criticism about a particular part of it. Such notes or comments are called annotations, and to add them is to annotate (the adjective annotated comes from the past tense of this verb). Annotation can also refer to the act of annotating. Annotations are often added to scholarly articles or to literary works that are being analyzed, and it’s these types of things that are most commonly described as annotated. But annotations can be added to any text. For example, a note that you scribble in the margin of your textbook is an annotation, as is an explanatory comment that you add to a list of tasks at work. The word annotated is sometimes abbreviated as annot. (which can also mean annotation or annotator). Example: The annotated edition of the book really helped me to understand the historical context and the meanings of some obscure words.
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Annotated scenes reveal hidden set details of the hospital juggernaut’s season finale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“For fans, educators, and anyone else who wants to know more, I am so excited to share ‘Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition,’” Kobabe said in the news release.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
Annotated image of the remains of the deceased individual in situ in their bed in the Collegium Augustalium, Herculaneum.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025
Years ago, at a sparsely attended Sacramento library book sale, I bought “An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction, 1664-1970.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
In The Annotated Mona Lisa 25,000 years of art history have been condensed into 208 pages in order to quickly provide some of the necessary skills and knowledge.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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