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commentary

[ kom-uhn-ter-ee ]

noun

plural commentaries.
  1. a series of comments, explanations, or annotations:

    a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.

  2. an explanatory essay or treatise:

    a commentary on a play; Blackstone's commentaries on law.

  3. anything serving to illustrate a point, prompt a realization, or exemplify, especially in the case of something unfortunate:

    The dropout rate is a sad commentary on our school system.

  4. Usually commentaries. records of facts or events:

    Commentaries written by Roman lawyers give us information on how their courts functioned.



commentary

/ 藢k蓲m蓹n藞t蓻蓹r瑟蓹l; -tr瑟; 藞k蓲m蓹nt蓹r瑟 /

noun

  1. an explanatory series of notes or comments
  2. a spoken accompaniment to a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
  3. an explanatory essay or treatise on a text
  4. usually plural a personal record of events or facts

    the commentaries of Caesar

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • commentarial, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞尘路尘别苍路迟补谤路颈路补濒 [kom-, uh, n-, tair, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
  • 蝉耻顎卲别谤路肠辞尘顎僲别苍路迟补谤顎厃 noun plural supercommentaries
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of commentary1

1375鈥1425; late Middle English commentaries (plural) < Latin 肠辞尘尘别苍迟腻谤颈耻尘 notebook, noun use of neuter of 肠辞尘尘别苍迟腻谤颈耻蝉, equivalent to comment ( um ) comment + -腻谤颈耻蝉 -ary
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Example Sentences

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It's been asserted that they have made commentary in support of both.

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Because he's delivering his commentary at "front row at Led Zepplin" levels, the brain can even process how preposterous the lie is.

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Downing Street declined to repeat its previous opposition to reporters on Thursday, saying it would not provide a "running commentary" on talks.

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They've all received mixed reviews at large and, per usual, utterly scathing commentary on social media and in the British press.

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But he鈥檚 super comfortable with keeping any advice or commentary private.

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