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annotate (**애**노테이트)to add notes or comments to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to add notes or comments to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈænoʊteɪt/

Korean meaning: 주석을 달다, 해설을 붙이다

Korean pronunciation: **애**노테이트

Example Sentences

  • The professor asked us to annotate Shakespeare's play, but my notes ended up longer than the actual play!
  • Please annotate the report with your suggestions for improvement.
  • She spent hours annotating her recipe book with cooking tips from her grandmother.

annotate

VERB

//ˈænoʊteɪt//

to add notes or comments to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment

annotate concept
💡 Concept

A student annotates textbook pages with explanatory notes and helpful comments

annotate rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

To annotate is to educate and meditate, letting understanding resonate — when you mark the text with thought, all can understand what you've taught

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈænoʊteɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈænəteɪt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixan--
Rootnot
Suffix--ate

Origin

From Latin 'annotatus', the past participle of 'annotare', which combines 'ad-' (to) and 'notare' (to mark or note). The word entered English in the 16th century.

🎵Rhyme

concentratedemonstratecommunicate
concentrate
demonstrate
communicate

🔗Collocations

annotate a document
annotate the text
annotate thoroughly
annotate with comments
annotate the bibliography
heavily annotated

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The professor asked us to annotate Shakespeare's play, but my notes ended up longer than the actual play!

Please annotate the report with your suggestions for improvement.

She spent hours annotating her recipe book with cooking tips from her grandmother.

My digital textbook allows me to annotate directly on the screen with my stylus.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

comment onnoteexplaininterpretgloss

Antonyms

ignoreoverlook

Related

annotationfootnotecommentarymarginnote-taking

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