MEANING
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Use it for
Words that belong together
- annotate a passage
- annotate an image
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Students annotated the passage before comparing their interpretations.
Word forms
- Base
- annotate
- Past tense
- annotated
- Past participle
- annotated
- Present participle
- annotating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- annotate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are annotating
- Present perfect
- have/has annotated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been annotating
- Past
- annotated
- Past continuous
- was/were annotating
- Past perfect
- had annotated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been annotating
- Future
- will annotate
- Future continuous
- will be annotating
- Future perfect
- will have annotated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been annotating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: annotate; annotates; annotated; annotated; annotating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: annotates.
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