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reannotate

reannotate verb: to annotate again or differently.

Verb

reannotate (third-person singular simple present reannotates, present participle reannotating, simple past and past participle reannotated)

  1. To annotate again or differently.
  2. To revise a previous annotation of a gene or protein
    • To alleviate the problem of naming genes, reannotation of genes and proteins using a set of common, controlled vocabulary to describe a gene or protein is necessary.2006, Jin Xiong, Essential Bioinformatics, →ISBN, page 18

Forms of reannotate

third-person singular presentreannotates
present participlereannotating
past participlereannotated
pastreannotated

Origin of reannotate

From re- + annotate.

Words formed from reannotate

Questions about reannotate

What does reannotate mean?
Reannotate means to annotate again or differently.
What part of speech is reannotate?
Reannotate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reannotate?
The past tense of reannotate is reannotated.

Words near reannotate in the dictionary

  1. reannexations
  2. reannexed
  3. reannexes
  4. reannexing
  5. reannihilation
  6. reannotate
  7. reannotated
  8. reannotates
  9. reannotating
  10. reannotation
  11. reannotations

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