annotation
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate + -ion.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
NounEdit
annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)
- a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
- a comment added to a text
- the process of writing such comment or commentary
- (computing) metadata added to a document or program
- (genetics) information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
TranslationsEdit
critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
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comment added to a text
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process of writing a comment or commentary
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metadata added to a document or program
information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
annotation f (plural annotations)
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Further readingEdit
- “annotation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).