annotate
Mark with comments
To annotate is to add explanatory notes or comments to a text, image, or other document.
Scholars annotate primary sources, students annotate textbooks, and software developers annotate code: The professor's heavily annotated copy of the manuscript revealed years of close reading.
An annotated bibliography includes brief summaries of each source.
Shine or annotation
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
cross-reference · bibliography · index · apparatus · citation · endnote · sidenote · interlinear
Statement making something clear
- elucidateTo make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- defineState precise meaning
illustrate · demystify · disambiguate · simplify · clarify · interpret · gloss · paraphrase
Attaching identifying markers
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- categorizationArranging into groups
classification · coding · markup · highlighting · underlining · bookmarking · flagging · timestamping
Most notable part
- underlineLine beneath text
- circleCurved closed shape
- asteriskTypographical reference mark
- post-itAdhesive paper memo
bracket · arrow · callout · strikethrough · redline · mark-up · pen · pencil
Relating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- codingWriting software instructions
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- corpusAssembled written works
fieldnotes · ethnography · interview · observation · memo · codebook · systematic · categorizing
gloss
Shine or annotation
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
exegesis · cross-reference · bibliography · index · apparatus · citation · endnote · sidenote · interlinear · rubric
explanation
Statement making something clear
- elucidateTo make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
define · illustrate · demystify · disambiguate · simplify · clarify · interpret · gloss · paraphrase · unpack
tagging
Attaching identifying markers
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
categorization · classification · coding · markup · highlighting · underlining · bookmarking · flagging · timestamping · hyperlink
highlight
Most notable part
post-it · bracket · arrow · callout · strikethrough · redline · mark-up · pen · pencil
qualitative
Relating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- codingWriting software instructions
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
corpus · fieldnotes · ethnography · interview · observation · memo · codebook · systematic · categorizing
- note-takingnotes, jot, write down, shorthand, outline
- video callsvideo call, video chat, mute, video conferencing, Zoom
- highlightemphasize, highlight, accentuate, underscore, underline
- writing verbsnarrate, describe, recount, chronicle, transcribe
- CADAutoCAD, extrude, layer, fillet, polyline
- SVNcommit, checkout, update, branch, merge
- annotated editionVersion with explanatory notes
- annotated bibliographyWorks cited with descriptions
- annotated BibleScripture with explanatory notes
- annotated textWriting with explanatory notes
annotation, annotating, annotated, annotator, annotations, annotates