annotateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæn.ə.teɪt/us/ˈæn.ə.teɪt/formalto add a short explanation or opinion to a text or drawing:
Annotated editions of Shakespeare's plays help readers to understand old words.
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Remarks & remarking
- aside
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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annotation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
The annotation of literary texts makes them more accessible.
The revised edition of the book includes many useful annotations.