annotate

verb

an·no·tate | \ ˈa-nə-ˌtāt

annotated; annotating

Definition of annotate

: 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

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He annotated the text at several places.

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Genius was founded in 2009 as Rap Genius and offered a crowdsourced platform for annotating hip-hop lyrics. — Natalie Jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter, "Genius Taps First Head of TV and Film," 1 July 2019 But the biggest difference is in the content itself, in the ways Sellen and his annotating colleagues write about music. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Orchestra program book editor Eric Sellen relishes role as musical liaison," 13 June 2019 Used in conjunction with national weather forecasts and models, the tool annotates forecasts with real-time conditions, which in turn helps to strengthen weather prediction models. — Michelle Z. Donahue, National Geographic, "What is turbulence—and how can you calm down about it?," 12 June 2019 Chef Dylan McGrath leads the way here with a seasonal menu that’s part vegan, part gluten-free, part Whole 30, part keto—the menu is amply annotated with ingredient explanation, so there’s no ambiguity. — Todd Plummer, Vogue, "There’s a Fresh Crop of Vegan Restaurants in Dublin," 15 Mar. 2019 Here are the articles of impeachment, obtained by The Washington Post on Monday, annotated. — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, "Republicans’ highly political articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein, annotated," 1 May 2018 The interview covered a lot of other ground, too, so The Fix has annotated the full transcript below. — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, "Rudy Giuliani’s revealing interview with Sean Hannity, annotated," 3 May 2018 Other researchers are working on methods to predict pedestrian movements based entirely on their observed behavior—without asking humans to annotate training data with pedestrians' state of mind. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Pedestrians are a hard problem for self-driving cars—here’s one solution," 30 July 2018 This is a transcript of that call, with key sections highlighted and annotated. — Aaron Blake, The Seattle Times, "Transcript: Phone call between President Trump and journalist Bob Woodward," 4 Sep. 2018

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