Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss.
- v. To gloss a text.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To comment upon; remark upon in notes: as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
- To act as an annotator; make annotations or notes.
Wiktionary
- v. To add annotation
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To explain or criticize by notes.
- v. To make notes or comments; -- with
on orupon .
WordNet 3.0
- v. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
- v. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
Etymologies
- Latin annotāre, annotāt-, to note down : ad-, ad- + notāre, to write (from nota, note; see gnō- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“We all know that annotation requires such rigor of selection that one might say that to annotate is to omit.”
“You can take the very best teachers and kind of annotate it, have it so everyone sees who is the very best at teaching this stuff.”
“Gilbert and Quinn have whipped up a sweet little Blosxom plug-in for annotating blog entry: if you have a link that you think should be added to a Blosxom post, you click the "annotate" link, select the word from the post that you want to footnote, enter the link, and click submit -- voila, annotated post.”
“As well there's an "[annotate]" button allowing the viewer to add text commentary about a particular case annotation.”
“All you have to do is annotate what you have already written.”
“Sophisticated File Viewers Some apps for the iPad let you store large numbers of different types of files, view them and even annotate them.”
The Wall Street Journal: In and Out Of Office: Putting iPads To Work
“To learn virtually first-hand about the places his characters traveled, visualize, annotate, share their impressions and experiences, and ideally be inspired to show off their own world (both real and imagined) using similar (or what the heck, altogether different!) tools and techniques.”
“From its earliest beginnings Christian tradition has not ceased to annotate this verse, recognizing in it our first title of nobility and the foundation of our greatness.”
“It is possible to annotate on the Kindle, but it requires the manipulation of the screen with a little joystick and then typing notes on a teeny keyboard.”
The Huffington Post: Pamela Newton: The Achilles Heel of the Kindle
“Be sure to buy two copies — one to read and the other to annotate in the margin and submit to me if we reprint!”
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