annotation
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Definition of annotation
1
: a note added by way of comment or explanation
The bibliography was provided with helpful annotations.
2
: the act of annotating something
Examples of annotation in a Sentence
Without the annotations, the diagram would be hard to understand.
the author's annotation of the diagram
Recent Examples on the Web
His annotations reveal details of his conception of his imaginary world and its association with the real world, including the fact that Oxford is on the same latitude as Hobbiton. — Michael Fitzgerald, WSJ, "‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth’ Review: Bringing a World to Life," 30 July 2018 Its rising line bore annotations noting the precise locations for the wireless-network dose and, far lower down, for radio, television and cellphone signals. — William J. Broad, New York Times, "The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t," 16 July 2019 For certain types of readers, particularly lawyers and academics, markups and annotations can be worth far more than $25. — Brian Barrett, WIRED, "Microsoft's Ebook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM," 30 June 2019 The curator’s preamble and annotations are missing. — Ali Kazimi, Quartz India, "A Canadian artist is keeping the embers of Sikh separatism alive with false equivalences," 27 June 2019 Then there are her annotations of the photographs made by the U.S. government in the post-Civil War years, when tribes were invited to D.C. to negotiate treaties. — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, "Wendy Red Star's New Exhibition Is Part Historical Corrective, Part Ghost Story," 2 Mar. 2019 The sketches, which also show Diana’s annotations, will be changed every six months to show a variety of designs created for the late princess. — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, "Rare Sketches of Princess Diana's Iconic Wardrobe Go on Display at Kensington Palace," 19 Feb. 2019 As Josh Sacks notes, the cost of this annotation far exceeds the cost of collecting the road imagery, probably by two orders of magnitude. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Elon Musk promises big new Tesla Autopilot upgrade, but is it legal?," 10 Dec. 2018 The writing’s been on the wall about annotations for some time now. — Jon Porter, The Verge, "YouTube annotations will disappear for good in January," 27 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'annotation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for annotation
annotation
noun
English Language Learners Definition of annotation
: a note added to a text, book, drawing, etc., as a comment or explanation
: the act of adding notes or comments to something : the act of annotating something
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annotation
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an·no·ta·tion
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Legal Definition of annotation
1
: a note added (as to a statute) by way of comment or explanation often furnishing summaries of relevant court decisions
2
capitalized
: an informational and descriptive note or essay (as about a case or legal issue) especially in American Law Reports
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