annotate

verb

an·​no·​tate ˈa-nə-ˌtāt How to pronounce annotate (audio)
annotated; annotating

intransitive verb

: to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment

transitive verb

: to make or furnish annotations (see annotation sense 1) for (something, such as a literary work or subject)
annotated his translation of Dante's Divine Comedy
annotative adjective
annotator noun

Examples of annotate in a Sentence

He annotated the text at several places.
Recent Examples on the Web The image batch was divided into half, and each subject annotated 30 paintings, therefore every painting was annotated by 153 subjects. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 California Inside the room: The entire L.A. City Council racist audio leak, annotated by our experts Nov. 21, 2022 That same day, Padilla called Martinez and asked her to resign. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 These answers are annotated with links to the sources the A.I. used, which also appear in a panel above the response. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 The former Beatle shares his personal archives, annotated with details from his life and musical career. Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023 Then because it's built on this open protocol, anyone can set up and run their own infrastructure and start labeling or annotating content and accounts in the network. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024 Her project ImageNet, which to date has annotated more than 14 million images for use to train AI algorithms, laid the groundwork that made the work of pioneering AI companies like DeepMind and OpenAI possible. Dave Lee and Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024 Nearly a decade ago, consultants delivered to Rodger Novak a kind of Sears catalog of human malady: 200 pages, listing dozens of different diseases, each annotated with — from a business standpoint — their best and worst attributes. Jason Mast, STAT, 4 Dec. 2023 California Inside the room: The entire L.A. City Council racist audio leak, annotated by our experts Nov. 21, 2022 Herrera and then-Council President Nury Martinez resigned in the wake of the scandal. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Latin annotatus, past participle of annotare, from ad- + notare to mark — more at note

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of annotate was in 1693

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Cite this Entry

“Annotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annotate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

annotate

verb
an·​no·​tate ˈan-ə-ˌtāt How to pronounce annotate (audio)
annotated; annotating
: to make or add explanatory notes
annotator noun

Legal Definition

annotate

verb
an·​no·​tate ˈa-nə-ˌtāt How to pronounce annotate (audio)
annotated; annotating

intransitive verb

: to make or write an annotation

transitive verb

: to make or write annotations for
annotator noun
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