annotation
/,ænou'teiʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act or process of adding notes or comments to a text or diagram: "annotation" refers to the action of making explanatory or critical notes.
- A note, comment, or explanation added to a text or diagram: "annotation" can also be the note itself that is added.
Examples of Usage
Noun (Act/Process):
- The careful annotation of the ancient manuscript took scholars several years.
- Digital tools have simplified the annotation of PDF documents.
Noun (The Note Itself):
- The margin was filled with helpful annotations.
- Each genetic variant in the database has a detailed annotation.
Advanced Usage
"Text annotation": The practice of adding labels, comments, or tags to a text, often for linguistic analysis or machine learning.
- Text annotation is a crucial step in training natural language processing models.
"Genome annotation": In biology, the process of identifying the locations of genes and other functional elements in a DNA sequence.
- The project's goal is the complete annotation of the newly sequenced genome.
Variants and Related Words
Annotate (verb): To add notes or comments to a text or diagram.
- Students were asked to annotate the poem as they read it.
Annotated (adjective): Provided with explanatory notes.
- She bought an annotated edition of Shakespeare's plays.
Synonyms
- Commentary: A series of explanations or interpretations.
- Gloss: A brief explanation or translation of a difficult word or phrase.
- Note: A brief record of facts or impressions.
Related Phrases
- "Margin annotation": A note written in the margin of a page.
- His books were famous for their insightful margin annotations.
Related Idioms
(This word is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)
Noun
- the act of adding notes
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- his notes were appended at the end of the article
- he added a short notation to the address on the envelope