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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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 area surrounding Shalbatana Vallis contains many additional geological features, all labeled in the annotated image of the region.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
The show, which is deftly curated by Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite, brings together an array of personal possessions, alongside annotated manuscripts, field notes, family photographs, school reports, sketches and correspondence.
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
Covering the reading desk there were endless piles of petitions and memorials, all annotated with the royal decision and signature.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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