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ANNOTATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

Example:

He annotated on what his teacher had written

Synonyms:

annotate; comment; gloss

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "annotate" is one way to...):

interpret; rede (give an interpretation or explanation to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Example:

The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel

Synonyms:

annotate; footnote

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "annotate" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he annotate his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

annotation (the act of adding notes)

annotation (a comment or instruction (usually added))

annotator (a commentator who writes notes to a text)

note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

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