annotate

verb an·no·tate \ ˈa-nə-ˌtāt \

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

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Definition of annotate

annotated; annotating

intransitive verb

: to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment

transitive verb

: to make or furnish annotations (see annotation 1) for (something, such as a literary work or subject)

annotated his translation of Dante's Divine Comedy

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annotative

play \-ˌtā-tiv\ adjective

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annotator

play \-ˌtā-tər\ noun

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Examples of annotate in a Sentence

He annotated the text at several places.

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The humans have tools for marking up and annotating calls, as well as correcting Duplex and nudging it toward being a smarter, more useful call bot.

— ron amadeo, Ars Technica, "Talking to Google Duplex: Google’s human-like phone AI feels revolutionary," 27 June 2018
Luminar also has a new product on the market: 3D perception software to help label and annotate all the images captured by its lidar sensors.

— andrew j. hawkins, The Verge, "Volvo’s self-driving cars are getting new laser sensors to see the world," 14 June 2018
Mitski shared and annotated exclusive behind-the-scenes images of the making of the video.

— allison p. davis, The Cut, "Mitski’s New Video for ‘Nobody’ Makes Heartbreak Look Fun," 26 June 2018
The technology fielded under Maven can automatically annotate objects such as boats, trucks, and buildings on digital maps.

— tom simonite, WIRED, "Pentagon Will Expand AI Project Prompting Protests at Google," 29 May 2018
By installing sensors above the hand-sanitizer dispensers, the researchers collected thousands of images and annotated about 80% of them, labeling if someone had sanitized their hands or not when entering or exiting a patient’s room.

— lisa ward, WSJ, "Do Doctors and Nurses Skip Hand Washing? Cue the Video," 28 May 2018
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Ms. Coonan said that the stories had been typed and annotated by the author.

— roslyn sulcas, New York Times, "Two New Collections by the Author of ‘Ballet Shoes’ Will Be Published," 25 Apr. 2018
Read a transcript of the speech, annotated by Callum Borchers.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: State of the Union underscores why Trump is his own worst enemy," 31 Jan. 2018
Sitting in the media section of stadiums, analysts will be able to track players' movements from two optical cameras and send coaches annotated video clips on the team's performance.

— zahid mahmood, CNN, "World Cup 2018: Hand-held devices to provide in-game analysis to coaches," 12 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of annotate

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

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ANNOTATE Defined for English Language Learners

annotate

verb

Definition of annotate for English Language Learners

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

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annotate

verb an·no·tate \ ˈa-nə-ˌtāt \

legal Definition of annotate

annotated; annotating

intransitive verb

: to make or write an annotation

transitive verb

: to make or write annotations for

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annotator

play \-ˌtā-tər\ noun

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