annotate
verb
an·no·tate
ˈa-nə-ˌtāt 
annotated; annotating
: to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
: 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
Examples of annotate in a Sentence
He annotated the text at several places.
Recent Examples on the Web
These are our top gift ideas to help moms work from home, annotate their books, or dip into the world of gaming in their downtime.
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Adrienne So Gear Team, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Humans also annotate and label some of these [videos of customers shopping] in order for our algorithms to be able to learn and get trained.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
To create training data, researchers frequently work with native speakers who answer questions, transcribe recordings, or annotate existing text, which can be slow and expensive.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Still, the movie has retained complete support from Dylan himself, who gave director James Mangold detailed annotated notes on the script.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Based on the sketches, which are annotated with details, Burges made six silver brooches for the second wedding and three in gold.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
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
Adrienne So Gear Team, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
Humans also annotate and label some of these [videos of customers shopping] in order for our algorithms to be able to learn and get trained.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
To create training data, researchers frequently work with native speakers who answer questions, transcribe recordings, or annotate existing text, which can be slow and expensive.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
Still, the movie has retained complete support from Dylan himself, who gave director James Mangold detailed annotated notes on the script.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
Based on the sketches, which are annotated with details, Burges made six silver brooches for the second wedding and three in gold.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
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
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annotate
verb
an·no·tate
ˈa-nə-ˌtāt
annotated; annotating
: to make or write an annotation
: to make or write annotations for
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