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ANNOTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of adding notes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("annotation" is a kind of...):
expanding upon; expansion (adding information or detail)
Derivation:
annotate (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A comment or instruction (usually added)
Example:
he added a short notation to the address on the envelope
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("annotation" is a kind of...):
comment; commentary (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annotation"):
poste restante (a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada))
acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)
footer; footnote (a printed note placed below the text on a printed page)
N.B.; NB; nota bene (a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something)
postscript; PS (a note appended to a letter after the signature)
Derivation:
annotate (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments)
Context examples:
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has successfully found features in pathology images from human cancer patients, without annotation, that could be understood by human doctors.
(Artificial Intelligence Identifies Features Associated with Cancer Recurrence, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
