What does "notate" mean?

To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.

What is a synonym for "notate"?

Common synonyms include: catch a likeness, character, characterize, chart, delineate, depict.

Notate

//nəʊˈteɪt// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
2
put into notation, as of music or choreography wordnet
3
To add notes to; to annotate
4
To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation

Adjective

1
Marked with coloured spots or lines. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

catch a likeness character characterize chart delineate depict

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1871; back-formation from notation or from Latin notātus, perfect passive participle of notō; either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, note + -ate.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1857; borrowed from Latin notātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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