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notate

/nəʊˈteɪt/

notate verb: to mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.

Verb

notate (third-person singular simple present notates, present participle notating, simple past and past participle notated)

  1. To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
  2. To add notes to; to annotate
  3. To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation

Adjective

notate (not comparable)

  1. Marked with coloured spots or lines.

Forms of notate

third-person singular presentnotates
present participlenotating
past participlenotated
pastnotated

Origin of notate

First attested in 1871; back-formation from notation or from Latin notātus, perfect passive participle of notō; either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, note + -ate.

First attested in 1857; borrowed from Latin notātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Words formed from notate

Phrases with notate

Questions about notate

What does notate mean?
Notate means to mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
What part of speech is notate?
Notate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce notate?
Notate is pronounced /nəʊˈteɪt/.
What is the past tense of notate?
The past tense of notate is notated.

Words near notate in the dictionary

  1. notaryship
  2. notaryships
  3. notaspidean
  4. notaspideans
  5. notatable
  6. notate
  7. notate bene
  8. notated
  9. notates
  10. notatin
  11. notating

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