comment

Meaning

Noun

1. A spoken or written remark.
2. The act of commenting.
3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
4. A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.

Verb

1. To remark.
2. To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
3. (obsolete) To comment or remark on.
4. To insert comments into (source code).
5. To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

Synonyms

remark

commentary

note

gloss

observation

annotation

criticism

review

annotate

notice

criticize

exposition

observe

explanation

point out

censure

commentate

mention

interpretation

gossip

scuttlebutt

judge

🧑‍⚖️

description

refer

input

elucidation

reproach

rheme

say

🗣️

blame

excuse

statement

notation

tell

comment on

observance

expound

animadversion

descant

discuss

judgment

mark

memorandum

nota bene

notes

🎶

noting

opinion

paraphrase

plea

post

prepare

pretext

protest

qualifiers

reaction

rebuke

recital

remarks

report

reprimand

rumor

rumour

scheme

scold

see

👀

sentence

signify

state

surveillance

tattle

treatise

view

vigil

walk-through

warn

zinger

commentation

construal

find fault with

critical remark

analysis

compliance

express disapproval

comment tag

account

have it going on

accounting

add to

admonition

and so forth

and so on

animadvert

appraise

article

behold

buzz

caret

caution

column

comment out

communicate

condemn

condemnation

conjecture

consideration

correct

correction

deem

editorial

endnote

endorsement

essay

estimation

evaluate

explain

explanatory note

explication

footnote

general view

hearsay

idea

💡

illustration

intention

jibe

judgement

Translations

commentaire

commenter

comentario

Kommentar

comentar

remarque

commentaar

Bemerkung

kommentieren

Anmerkung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.ɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: coment

Inherited from Middle English: commenten

In summary

From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

Sentences

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