notate

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/nəʊˈteɪt/

verb

To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.

OriginLatin notātus →
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Meanings

notate1

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

present singular third person notates · participle present notating · participle past notated · past 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

notate2

adjectivenotate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyMarked with coloured spots or lines.

Origin

notate · verb

  1. Latinnotātus
  2. Englishnotate

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.

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notate · adjective

  1. Latinnotātus
  2. Englishnotate

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

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Translations

Finnish merkitä, kommentoida
  • merkitäto mark with spots or lines
  • kommentoidato add notes
  • nuotittaato create notation
Italian annotare
  • annotareto mark with spots or lines
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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