annotate

[ an-uh-teyt ]

/ ˈæn əˌteɪt /

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verb (used with object), an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing.

to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.

verb (used without object), an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing.

to make annotations or notes.

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Origin of annotate

1725–35; <Latin annotātus noted down (past participle of annotāre), equivalent to an-an-² + notātus noted, marked; see note, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM annotate

an·no·ta·tive, an·no·ta·to·ry

[an-uh-tey-tuh-ree, -tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee; uh-noh-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈæn əˌteɪ tə ri, -təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i; əˈnoʊ təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivean·no·ta·tor, nouno·ver·an·no·tate, verb, o·ver·an·no·tat·ed, o·ver·an·no·tat·ing.re·an·no·tate, verb, re·an·no·tat·ed, re·an·no·tat·ing.

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How to use annotate in a sentence

I have annotated every page of The London Magazine and propose to sell it for a large sum.
The dramatic — and embellished — life of Graham Greene|Michael Mewshaw|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
The second post was an annotated version of the now-infamous photograph of a man standing at the vice president’s marble dais in the Senate chamber.
How an internet lie about the Capitol invasion turned into an instant conspiracy theory|Bobbie Johnson|January 7, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Lichtman’s team, in collaboration with Google, is using deep networks to annotate the millions of images from brain slices their microscopes collect.
An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience - Issue 94: Evolving|Grigori Guitchounts|December 30, 2020|Nautilus
Mechanical pencils are a great tool for jotting down notes, sketching out ideas, annotating your favorite novel, designing new floor plans, and getting good detail on your latest portrait.
Mechanical pencils to keep forever|PopSci Commerce Team|November 2, 2020|Popular-Science

Good specimen of the "annotative" style with a parenthetic comment.
Cyropaedia|Xenophon

British Dictionary definitions for annotate

annotate

/ (ˈænəʊˌteɪt, ˈænə-) /

verb

to supply (a written work, such as an ancient text) with critical or explanatory notes

Derived forms of annotate

annotatable, adjectiveannotative, adjectiveannotator, noun

Word Origin for annotate

C18: from Latin annotāre, from nota mark

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