overannotate
overannotate verb: to add too many annotations.
Verb
overannotate (third-person singular simple present overannotates, present participle overannotating, simple past and past participle overannotated)
- To add too many annotations.
- In most instances, a majority of the notes will be focused here, since one can never overannotate in the area of fundamental meaning.1992, Jeffrey P. Mass, Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History, →ISBN, page 155
- Care must be taken not to overannotate.2008, Angela Szczepaniak, Unisex love poems, page 22
Forms of overannotate
| third-person singular present | overannotates |
|---|---|
| present participle | overannotating |
| past participle | overannotated |
| past | overannotated |
Origin of overannotate
From over- + annotate.
Questions about overannotate
- What does overannotate mean?
- Overannotate means to add too many annotations.
- What part of speech is overannotate?
- Overannotate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overannotate?
- The past tense of overannotate is overannotated.
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