annotation
noun
an·no·ta·tion
ˌa-nə-ˈtā-shən 
1
: a note added by way of comment or explanation
The bibliography was provided with helpful annotations.
2
: the act of annotating something
Examples of annotation in a Sentence
Without the annotations, the diagram would be hard to understand.
the author's annotation of the diagram
Recent Examples on the Web
Jackie Mitchell, 26, gained a large following on TikTok because of her content on side hustles, including data annotation work.
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Yiwen Lu, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
On online discussion boards, users report a wide range of experiences with data annotation work.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Previous collections of data outputs have forced scientific agencies to rely on encrypted instruments, vendor-specific tools, and manual annotations that often lack intelligible APIs and force R&D teams to learn and create esoteric models to access data fully.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
There are tools to make highlights and annotations, and to cross out multiple-choice responses students think are wrong.
—Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The narrative element becomes marginalized and reduced to having good headlines or annotations.
—Brent Dykes, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Judge Trust seemed unimpressed with these documents, which had apparently not been entered into evidence, and the handwritten annotations in the margins.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Here is the full text of his prepared speech along with annotations by IndyStar reporters Kayla Dwyer and Brittany Carloni.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
The photo annotations are sourced from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands project.
—Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
Yiwen Lu, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
On online discussion boards, users report a wide range of experiences with data annotation work.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Previous collections of data outputs have forced scientific agencies to rely on encrypted instruments, vendor-specific tools, and manual annotations that often lack intelligible APIs and force R&D teams to learn and create esoteric models to access data fully.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
There are tools to make highlights and annotations, and to cross out multiple-choice responses students think are wrong.
—Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The narrative element becomes marginalized and reduced to having good headlines or annotations.
—Brent Dykes, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Judge Trust seemed unimpressed with these documents, which had apparently not been entered into evidence, and the handwritten annotations in the margins.
—Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Here is the full text of his prepared speech along with annotations by IndyStar reporters Kayla Dwyer and Brittany Carloni.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
The photo annotations are sourced from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands project.
—Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Annotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annotation. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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annotation
noun
an·no·ta·tion
ˌan-ə-ˈtā-shən
1
: the act of annotating
2
: a note added as a comment or explanation
Legal Definition
annotation
noun
an·no·ta·tion
ˌa-nə-ˈtā-shən
1
: a note added (as to a statute) by way of comment or explanation often furnishing summaries of relevant court decisions
2
capitalized
: an informational and descriptive note or essay (as about a case or legal issue) especially in American Law Reports
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