Definition of NOTATE

notate

Verb

Verb Forms: notated, notating, notates

  • To express or record using symbols or a specific system.
  • put into notation, as of music or choreography
    • "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
  • To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
  • To add notes to; to annotate
  • To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation

Adj

  • Marked with coloured spots or lines.

Examples

  • The expert player would notate his opponent’s tile draws, tracking potential bingos in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from notation or from Latin notātus, past participle of notāre. Morphologically note + -ate.

Scrabble Score: 6

notate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
notate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
notate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

notate: valid Words With Friends Word