annotate

• Verbe signifiant ajouter des notes ou des commentaires à un texte ou à un document pour l'expliquer ou le critiquer.

A verb meaning to add notes or comments to a text or document for explanation or criticism.

1. B2formal

   To add explanatory notes or critical comments to a text or document.

   annoter

   • The professor asked us to annotate the poem for our assignment.
   • She annotated the manuscript with detailed comments in the margins.
   • Historians often annotate ancient texts to clarify their meaning.

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2. Provide interlinear explanationsC1formal

   To provide explanations for words or phrases, often written between lines of text.

   annoter avec des gloses interlinéaires

   • The translator annotated the foreign phrases with English equivalents.
   • In medieval manuscripts, scribes would annotate difficult words.
   • The teacher annotated the student's essay with helpful suggestions.

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