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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Strawberries and white wine were on the menu, and - as has now become customary - one of the empty bottles was annotated and encased in a glass table to commemorate Sinner's latest success.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Alongside the guitar is a copy of the Declaration of Independence, annotated by John McKesson, secretary of New York’s Fourth Provincial Congress, in the days following July 4, 1776.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The collection of Le Carré’s annotated typescripts, letters and photographs offers a window into his painstaking craft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Zelensky presented the plan during a two-hour briefing with journalists, reading from a highlighted and annotated version.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
“What’s that?” she tapped at a section that somebody had underlined or annotated.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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