annotates
Marks with comments
Annotates means adds explanatory notes or comments to a text, image, or document.
A scholar annotates a manuscript with marginal notes; a teacher annotates student work with feedback; software annotates code with documentation.
She annotates her reading with highlighter marks and sticky notes.
The annotation clarifies, interprets, or supplements the original material.
Marginal citations below text
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
- bibliographyList of cited works
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
glosses · endnotes · peer-reviewed · references · manuscript · notation · remarks · apparatus
Surface shines or annotations
- explainsMakes something understandable
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
- contextualizesSupplies surrounding information
explicates · deciphers · translates · paraphrases · interprets · expounds · illuminates · unpacks
Descriptive information about content
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
- timestampsRecorded times of events
- highlightsNotable moments emphasized
bookmarks · hyperlinks · code · markup · datasets · XML · attributes · comments
Simplified visual representations
- mapsGeographic visual representations
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- chartsVisual data displays
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
sketches · drawings · photographs · specimens · artifacts · exhibits · slides · scans
footnotes
Marginal citations below text
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
- bibliographyList of cited works
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
commentary · glosses · endnotes · peer-reviewed · references · manuscript · notation · remarks · apparatus · interlinear
glosses
Surface shines or annotations
- explainsMakes something understandable
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
contextualizes · explicates · deciphers · translates · paraphrases · interprets · expounds · illuminates · unpacks · decodes
metadata
Descriptive information about content
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
- labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
- timestampsRecorded times of events
highlights · bookmarks · hyperlinks · code · markup · datasets · XML · attributes · comments · documentation
diagrams
Simplified visual representations
- mapsGeographic visual representations
- illustrationsPictures explaining text
- chartsVisual data displays
blueprints · sketches · drawings · photographs · specimens · artifacts · exhibits · slides · scans · images
- writing actionswrites, records, transcribes, inscribes, jots
annotatessimplifies
Makes less complex
condenses · abridges · summarizes · truncates · reduces
annotatesignores
Refuses to acknowledge
skims · overlooks · disregards · neglects · passes over
- annotated editionVersion with explanatory notes
- annotated bibliographyWorks cited with descriptions
- annotated BibleScripture with explanatory notes
- annotated textWriting with explanatory notes
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