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Definition of annotate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

annotate

verb
 
/ˈænəteɪt/
 
/ˈænəteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they annotate
 
/ˈænəteɪt/
 
/ˈænəteɪt/
he / she / it annotates
 
/ˈænəteɪts/
 
/ˈænəteɪts/
past simple annotated
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪd/
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪd/
past participle annotated
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪd/
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪd/
-ing form annotating
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈænəteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. annotate something to add notes to a book or text, giving explanations or comments
    • The drawings were all clearly annotated.
    • The text was annotated with her own comments.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAnnotate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • text
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin annotat- ‘marked’, from the verb annotare, from ad- ‘to’ + nota ‘a mark’.
See annotate in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee annotate in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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