annotate

an·no·tate | \ ˈa-nə-ˌtāt

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annotated; annotating

Definition of annotate

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

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He annotated the text at several places.

Recent Examples on the Web Human judges will annotate what’s happening in the shadowy images to help train the AI system to recognize whether a certain desirable or undesirable bedside action is taking place. — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, "Stanford’s new hospital is brimming with futuristic tech. Will it help save money — or drive up costs?," 18 Nov. 2019 This includes a rare map of Middle Earth annotated by Tolkien that was acquired by the Bodleian in May 2016. — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Lord of the Rings Author J.R.R. Tolkien's $6 Million Home for Sale in England — See Inside!," 28 Oct. 2019 The plot here is annotated by a Greek chorus of street Urchins. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast," 17 Oct. 2019 Companies would like to use AI to automatically generate detailed descriptions of videos, letting users discover clips that haven’t been annotated. — Wired, "This Technique Can Make It Easier for AI to Understand Videos," 15 Oct. 2019 Such maps won't be as sophisticated as maps gathered with lidar sensors and annotated by hand. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "I watched over 100 Tesla Smart Summon videos—here’s what I learned," 14 Oct. 2019 Amazon claims this data is reviewed and annotated by humans to help improve Alexa over time, using machine learning methods to train the underlying artificial intelligence software. — Makena Kelly, The Verge, "Amazon confirms it holds on to Alexa data even if you delete audio files," 3 July 2019 Similarly, networks that recognize and manipulate images are typically trained on millions of example images, each annotated with information about the image type. — Quanta Magazine, "Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal?," 29 Mar. 2016 One recent post was annotated thus: #thecategoryis #jattattitude #attitudeiseverything #attitudematters #eleganceisanattitude #walkbitch. — Vogue, "Gaultier’s Muse Tanel Bedrossiantz Is the King of Runway Camp," 2 May 2019

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“Annotate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annotate. Accessed 14 December 2019.

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annotate

verb

English Language Learners Definition of annotate

: to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)

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annotate

an·no·tate | \ ˈa-nə-ˌtāt

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annotated; annotating

Legal Definition of annotate

intransitive verb

: to make or write an annotation

transitive verb

: to make or write annotations for

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