Meaning of annotate in English
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annotateEtymology
late 16th century: from Latin annotat-‘marked’, from the verb annotare, from ad-‘to’ + nota‘a mark’Definitions
1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical commentsExamples
- « The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel »
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- 2. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
Examples
- « He annotated on what his teacher had written »
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