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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

/ ˌkɒmənˈtɛərɪəl; -trɪ; ˈkɒməntərɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • commentarial, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç³¾Â·³¾±ð²Ô·³Ù²¹°ù·¾±Â·²¹±ô [kom-, uh, n-, tair, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·³¦´Ç³¾î€ƒm±ð²Ô·³Ù²¹°ùy noun plural supercommentaries
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of commentary1

1375–1425; late Middle English commentaries (plural) < Latin ³¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ notebook, noun use of neuter of ³¦´Ç³¾³¾±ð²Ô³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to comment ( um ) comment + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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The coach stressed to Rosen — and other Bruin athletes — that negative social media commentary can only hurt, and to choose to focus on what individuals within the “Bruin bubble†share for feedback.

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Indeed, the annals of stock market commentaries are replete with prognostications that, in retrospect, were almost comically wrong.

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"The swagger is back," gushed Guy Mowbray in his Match of the Day commentary.

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Text commentary, goal clips and highlights on BBC Sport website and app.

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Live text commentary will cover all the weekend's action.

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