Notating

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of recording information through written symbols or notes is an essential method for preserving knowledge, conveying ideas, and facilitating communication
2. The process of using symbols or signs to represent ideas or sounds in a written form
3. Expressing data or concepts by writing down corresponding signs for clarity and record-keeping

Etymology: "Notating" is the present participle of "notate", a verb that entered English in 1871 and can be read in two ways. One account treats it as a back-formation from "notation", the noun for a system of written symbols, so that the verb was worked backwards from the noun. The other traces it to the Latin "notātus", the past participle of "notō" ("to mark"), with the English "-ate" ending attached, which is the verb-forming suffix seen in words like "activate" and "calculate". The two accounts are not in conflict, since "notation" itself comes from the same Latin root. The Latin root "nota" meant "mark" or "sign", and it is the source of English "note", "notice" and "notable" as well. A note in music or a notice on a board is, at heart, a mark that tells the reader something. "Notating" therefore carries that older sense of marking: setting down signs on a surface, whether words, musical symbols, or dance steps.

Synonyms: recording, marking, indicating, observing, noting

Antonyms: ignoring, disregarding, overlooking