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аннота́ция — meaning in English

annotatsiya

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English meaning

  • annotation noun A note added to a text, diagram or image to explain or comment on part of it.
  • blurb noun A short promotional description of a book, film or product, especially the one printed on a cover or posted online.
  • commentary noun A set of explanatory notes or opinions on a text, event, or situation.

Senses

аннота́ция is used for these senses in English:

  • blurb A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.
  • commentary A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

annotation — full definition

  1. noun A note added to a text, diagram or image to explain or comment on part of it.
  2. noun The act or process of adding such notes, or of labelling data so it can be searched or used to train software.
  3. noun In programming, a piece of metadata attached to code that tells a tool or framework how to treat it.

blurb — full definition

  1. noun A short promotional description of a book, film or product, especially the one printed on a cover or posted online.
  2. noun A short quotation of praise from a well-known person, printed to recommend a book or product.
  3. verb To write or supply such a promotional description or endorsement.

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