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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The area surrounding Shalbatana Vallis contains many additional geological features, all labeled in the annotated image of the region.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Ridgefield Park, N.J.-based Innodata focuses on delivering annotated and curated data required to train and refine advanced AI models.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Among the treasures are George Washington’s annotated draft of the Constitution, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty and a rare printing of the Declaration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
The auction will also feature scripts from festive favourites Die Hard and Love Actually, hand annotated by the actor Alan Rickman, which are expected to get at least £30,000 and £3,000 respectively.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
That first or second summer, at a camp in Patchogue, Long Island, he found a book of annotated chess games.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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