annotate
pronunciation
How to pronounce annotate in British English:
UK [ˈænəteɪt]
How to pronounce annotate in American English:
US [ˈænoˌtet]
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- Verb:
- add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
Word Origin
- annotate (v.)
- 1733, from Latin annotatus, past participle of annotare "to note down" (see annotation). Related: Annotated; annotating. Not in Johnson's "Dictionary," but used therein in defining comment. Form annote is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Annotated; annotating.
Example
- 1. Youtube today introduced a new feature that allows publishers to invite others to annotate their videos .
- 2. If your reader is likely to be used in an academic or professional setting , then being able to highlight , save and annotate passages is incredibly useful .
- 3. There are any number of services that offer the ability to annotate web pages or share finds with friends .
- 4. The teacher will be able to digitally annotate the performance and send it back to the student .
- 5. The world 's largest online retailer said that from later this year customers would be able to borrow e-books from libraries and read and annotate them on a kindle or any other device to which users have downloaded a kindle app .