ANNOTATES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

annotates

verb

present tense third-person singular of annotate

as in interprets

to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.) He annotated the text at several places. annotate a list

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Recent Examples of annotates Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person. — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025

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Leadership sees throughput rising and interprets it as progress.

— Madhukar S. Dubey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
While the human brain interprets motion as a fluid pattern, multimodal AI still examines videos by their individual frames.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of interprets

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Supporting those capabilities is a new AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper, which outlines an architecture that continuously analyzes production data and adjusts factory operations in real time.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Rajasekharan said Cleo addresses these pain points with AI-native anomaly detection that continuously analyzes activity.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of analyzes

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There are a lot of caveats that education reporter Martha Dalton explains neatly for us.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
All of that perhaps explains why Rodgers, who grew up in an evangelical Christian environment, may have rejected his family for a time.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of explains

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This illustrates, though that the Warriors seem boxed in with their current circumstances.

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
That circuitous email chain between homeowners and city officials, including an assistant city attorney, illustrates how homeowners have been stonewalled, Lardon said.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

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