annotated

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.

The first records of the word annotated as an adjective come from the 1800s. Its base word, the verb annotate, derives from the Latin annotātus, which means “noted down” and comes from the Latin verb annotāre. At the root of the word is the Latin nota, which means “mark” and is also the basis of the English word note.

Annotated texts provide explanation, criticism, analysis, or historical perspective that wasn’t originally there. Annotated editions of books typically aim to answer questions that the reader might have while trying to understand the text. In an annotated bibliography, an annotation is added to each citation to provide a summary or other information.

What are some other forms related to annotated?

• unannotated (adjective)
• well-annotated (adjective)
• annotate (verb)

What are some synonyms for annotated?

• notated
• marked up

What are some words that share a root or word element with annotated? 

• annotation
• note
• notary
• notation

What are some words that often get used in discussing annotated?

• bibliography
• text
• novel
• article
• essay
• comment
• note
• explanation
• criticism
• context

The word annotated is most commonly used to describe academic and literary works to which additional comments have been added.

Finishing Uncle Tom's Cabin for my Slavery/Serfdom course. Could not have done it without the annotated edition by @HenryLouisGates. pic.twitter.com/odChYqjORS

— Jenny from the bloc (@JenLouiseWilson) December 1, 2016

If you want some insight on what's in the notebook, I'm including details in the annotated edition offered up for those pre-ordering. pic.twitter.com/10dc2xWSBu

— ADAM (@AdamSilvera) September 4, 2017

i just want an annotated copy of your favourite book. with pages highlighted from top to bottom, little notes that remind you of me, tear stains, creases and bookmarks, doodles in the margin and quotes rewritten because you fell in love with the words.

— Mini🦋 (@chonklatjoos) July 26, 2020

Which of the following things can be described as annotated?

A. a classic novel with comments about historical context
B. a scholarly article with explanatory notes
C. a bibliography with notes for each citation
D. all of the above