Meaning & use
annotation
A short note added to a text, image, or document to explain, comment on, or clarify part of it.
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The teacher's annotations in the margin helped explain the poem's difficult imagery.
Each map includes annotations describing the historical significance of key sites.
A note on using this word
Annotation is common in academic and editorial contexts, referring to added explanatory notes rather than the main text itself.
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