"annotate" meaning in English

See annotate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈanəteɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-annotate.wav [UK] Forms: annotate [canonical], annotates [third-person, singular], annotated [past], annotated [past, participle], annotating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|annotat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you annotate a document or other text, you are adding notes to them, usually to explain them or add on to them.
    Sense id: simple-annotate-en-verb-yaMfx3rt
     
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    },
    {
      "form": "annotated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "annotated",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "The research paper was annotated with an explanation of the context of one of the points."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you annotate a document or other text, you are adding notes to them, usually to explain them or add on to them."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "annotated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "annotated",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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}

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