annotation

nounexplanatory note

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noun explanatory note

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comments

noun. statement of opinion; explanation

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Latin annotationem (nominative annotatio), noun of action from past participle stem of annotare "to add notes to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + notare "to note, mark" (see note (v.)).

Example Sentences forannotation

The work of annotation and introduction was not hard, and was decidedly interesting.

So runs an annotation of Alfieri on the margin of one of his lyrics.

For an enlargement of this theme, see the annotation to paragraph 65.

There are no notes; and Praed is an author who is much in need of annotation.

She fancied his hand shook a trifle as he made an annotation on the pad he carried.

The annotation of these books possessed the same qualification.

The annotation of books was not a common practice then, nor has it been since.

For you may call to mind, that in the Annotation upon the 39th.

Hence the crudity and incongruity of his text, his vacillating opinions, and the weakness and poverty of his annotation.

Sippi, agreeably to the early French annotation of the word, signifies a river.

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