commentary

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
  2. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

Synonyms

explanation
B2
comment
B2
exposition
33k
gloss
C2
annotation
interpretation
C2
criticism
C1
review
B2
description
B2
note
B1
elucidation
survey
C1
excuse
A1
adaptation
C2
explication
remark
C2
comments
C1
fire
A1
🔥
flack
C2
flak
23k
glossary
grading
29k
narration
24k
notes
B1
🎶
notice
A2
overview
32k
plea
C1
pretext
C2
rap
B2
reading
B1
reason
A1
reflection
C1
remarks
C2
rendering
21k
rendition
27k
report
A2
reportage

round-up

walk-through

construal

notes and comments

analysis
B2
account
B1
observation
C1
accounting
C1
amplification
annotations
attack
A2
👊
blast
B2
castigation
Translations

Kommentar
commentaire
comentario
commento
Anmerkung
commentario
comentário

σχόλιο

comentari
commentaar

ερμηνεία

komentar

ravek

îzah

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi/
Etymology

Cognate with French
French
commentaire
In summary

From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment.

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