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noun

A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.

“make an annotation”

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notenotationannotating
OriginLatin annotātiōnem →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

nounannotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)

plural annotations

  1. countableuncountableA critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.

    She added an annotation in the margin to clarify the text.

  2. countableuncountableA comment added to a text.

    make an annotation

    2 more examples

    The manuscript was filled with helpful annotations.

    The teacher asked students to submit essays with proper annotation.

  3. countableuncountableThe process of writing such comment or commentary.
  4. countableuncountablecomputingMetadata added to a document or program.
  5. countableuncountablebiologyInformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna comment or instruction (usually added)

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notenotation
Broader
commentcommentary

nounthe act of adding notes

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annotating
Broader
expansionexpanding upon
Also see
glossnotationnote

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinannotātiōnem
  2. Englishannotation

From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate + -ion.

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Translations

Bulgarian коментар, анотация
  • коментар (komentar)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • анотация (anotacija)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • обяснителна бележка (objasnitelna beležka)comment added to a text
Chinese Mandarin 註解 /注解, 注釋 /注释
  • 註解 /注解 (zhùjiě)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • 注釋 /注释 (zhùshì)information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Czech anotace, poznámka
  • anotacecritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • poznámkacritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • vysvětlivkacritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • komentářcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • anotacecomment added to a text
  • poznámkacomment added to a text
  • vysvětlivkacomment added to a text
  • komentářcomment added to a text
Finnish huomautus, kommentti
  • huomautuscritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • kommentticritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • reunahuomautuscomment added to a text
  • huomautuscomment added to a text
  • kommentticomment added to a text
  • kommentointiprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • huomiointiprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • merkintämetadata added to a document or program
  • kommenttimetadata added to a document or program
  • huomautusmetadata added to a document or program
  • annotaatioinformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
French annotation, annotation
  • annotationcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • annotationcomment added to a text
  • annotationprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • commentairemetadata added to a document or program
  • annotationinformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
German Kommentar, Anmerkung
  • Kommentarcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • Anmerkungcomment added to a text
  • Bemerkungcomment added to a text
  • Kommentierungprocess of writing a comment or commentary
Greek επισημείωση, σχολιασμός
  • επισημείωση (episimeíosi)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • σχολιασμός (scholiasmós)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • υποσημείωση (yposimeíosi)comment added to a text
  • σχόλιο (schólio)comment added to a text
  • σχολιασμός (scholiasmós)process of writing a comment or commentary
Indonesian anotasi
  • anotasicritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Italian annotazione
  • annotazioneinformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Japanese 注解
  • 注解 (chūkai)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Korean 주해
  • 주해 (juhae)comment added to a text
Māori tuhipoka
  • tuhipokacomment added to a text
Persian فرانوشت, فرانوشتن
  • فرانوشتcomment added to a text
  • فرانوشتنprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • فرانویسشprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • فرانوشتmetadata added to a document or program
Polish adnotacja, dopisek
  • adnotacjacomment added to a text
  • dopisekcomment added to a text
  • adnotacjametadata added to a document or program
Portuguese comentário, anotação
  • comentáriocritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • anotaçãocritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • anotaçãocomment added to a text
  • anotaçãoprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • anotaçãoinformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Romanian adnotare, notă
  • adnotarecomment added to a text
  • notăcomment added to a text
  • remarcăcomment added to a text
Russian коммента́рий, примеча́ние
  • коммента́рий (kommentárij)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • примеча́ние (primečánije)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • поясне́ние (pojasnénije)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • аннота́ция (annotácija)critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • коммента́рий (kommentárij)comment added to a text
  • примеча́ние (primečánije)comment added to a text
  • поясне́ние (pojasnénije)comment added to a text
  • аннота́ция (annotácija)comment added to a text
  • анноти́рование (annotírovanije)process of writing a comment or commentary
  • комменти́рование (kommentírovanije)process of writing a comment or commentary
Scottish Gaelic mìneachadh, notachadh
  • mìneachadhcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • notachadhcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • mìneachadhcomment added to a text
  • notachadhcomment added to a text
  • mìneachadhprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • notachadhprocess of writing a comment or commentary
Spanish anotación, anotación
  • anotacióncritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • anotacióncomment added to a text
  • acotacióncomment added to a text
  • apostillacomment added to a text
  • postillacomment added to a text
  • membretecomment added to a text
  • anotaciónprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • anotacióninformation relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Swedish anteckning, kommentar
  • anteckningcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • kommentarcomment added to a text
Turkish belirtim, açıklayıcı not
  • belirtimcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • açıklayıcı notcritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • bilgi notucritical or explanatory commentary or analysis
  • dipnotcomment added to a text
  • hāşiyecomment added to a text
  • not eklemeprocess of writing a comment or commentary
  • şerh eklemeprocess of writing a comment or commentary

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with annotation

informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA

annotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annotation

MLA

“annotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annotation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annotation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annotation.

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