reannotate

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verb

To annotate again or differently.

OriginEnglish annotate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person reannotates · participle present reannotating · participle past reannotated · past reannotated

  1. To annotate again or differently.
  2. biochemistryTo 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishannotate
  7. Englishreannotate

From re- + annotate.

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APA

reannotate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reannotate

MLA

“reannotate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reannotate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reannotate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reannotate.

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