annotation
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/ashortexplanationornoteaddedto atextorimage, or theactofaddingshortexplanationsornotes:
The annotation ofliterarytextsmakes them moreaccessible.
Therevisededitionof thebookincludesmanyusefulannotations.
computing,languagespecialized
adescriptionorpieceofinformationaddedtodata, forexamplealabelsaying whether a word is anoun, averb, etc., or theactofaddingthis:
Computerized spoken-dialectdatawith annotations isavailable.
Manual annotation is usuallyperformedin thecreationofexperimentaldatasets.
- The newtranslationof theLatinworkincludesextensiveannotation byscholars.
- It's abookthatcriesout for annotation.
- Theprogramisdesignedfor annotation ofimages.
- There is an easy-to-usefacilityin theprogramforaddingannotations toyourdocument.
Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- biographic
- blog post
- Chyron
- creative writing
- cutting
- encomium
- fair
- inscription
- lament
- mistranscription
- multi-line
- palimpsest
- para
- personal statement
- postscript
- preamble
- scribble
- script
- self-portrait
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