The act or process of furnishing critical commentary or explanatory notes, A critical or explanatory note; a commentary, A remark, note, or comment on some passage of a book or other writing_ as, annotations on the Scriptures

A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation, A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk, verb_ provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases, explain or interpret something, make or write a comment on,