annotation
/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
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annotation noun: a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
Noun
annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)
- A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- She added an annotation in the margin to clarify the text.
- A comment added to a text.
- make an annotation
- The manuscript was filled with helpful annotations.
- The process of writing such comment or commentary.
- Metadata added to a document or program.
- Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.
annotation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Indonesian
annotation in Tamil
- உரைவிளக்கம் செய்தல், உரைவிளக்கம், குறிப்புரை
annotation in Malayalam
- comment, note, notation
- കുറിപ്പ്, വിശദീകരണക്കുറിപ്പ്, വിമർശനപരമായ അഭിപ്രായം, വിശദീകരണം, അഭിപ്രായം, പരാമർശം
annotation in Indonesian
- critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
- anotasi
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- annotation in Persian
- فرانوشت, فرانوشتن, فرانویسش
Examples of annotation in a sentence
- Two strategies have been used to obtain accurate annotations: corporeal annotation and micro-annotation.
- A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations.
- A treebank is a text corpus with exhaustive syntactic annotation, typically applied on top of lemmatization, PoS tagging and morphological annotation.
Forms of annotation
| plural | annotations |
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Origin of annotation
From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate + -ion.
Words formed from annotation
Words that rhyme with annotation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about annotation
- What does annotation mean?
- Annotation means a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- What is annotation in Tamil?
- Annotation in Tamil is உரைவிளக்கம் செய்தல், உரைவிளக்கம், குறிப்புரை. See Annotation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is annotation?
- Annotation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce annotation?
- Annotation is pronounced /ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of annotation?
- The plural of annotation is annotations.
Words near annotation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: annotation (page history and authors); annotation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annotation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annotation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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