Definition of Annotate

1. Verb. Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. "Did he annotate his major works over a short period of time?"; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"

Exact synonyms: Footnote
Category relationships: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Generic synonyms: Compose, Indite, Pen, Write
Derivative terms: Annotation, Annotation, Annotator, Note, Footnote

2. Verb. Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases. "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
Exact synonyms: Comment, Gloss
Generic synonyms: Interpret, Rede
Derivative terms: Note, Comment, Gloss, Gloss

Definition of Annotate

1. v. t. To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

2. v. i. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

Definition of Annotate

1. Verb. To add annotation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Annotate

1. to furnish with critical or explanatory notes [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Annotate

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Literary usage of Annotate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS/GRAPH 9.1 Reference by SAS Institute (2004)
"See “annotate Variables” on page 642 for the default value of each ... You probably should not depend on this effect when you create an annotate data set. ..."

2. The Wittich Connection: Conflict and Priority in Late Sixteenth-century by Owen Gingerich, Robert S. Westman (1988)
"Why annotate four copies of De revolutionibus? Why did Wittich carry about with him multiple annotated volumes of De ..."

3. Index to the Sloane Manuscripts in the British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Manuscripts, Hans Sloane, Edward John Long Scott, Samuel Ayscough (1904)
"annotate in cms Institutiones, 17th cent. 155, ff. 2-48. - Justiniani, 1652. 13b'l, ff. 224-233 b. ..."

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