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commentary
[ kom-uhn-ter-ee ]
noun
- a series of comments, explanations, or annotations:
a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- an explanatory essay or treatise:
a commentary on a play; Blackstone's commentaries on law.
- 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.
- 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
- an explanatory series of notes or comments
- a spoken accompaniment to a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
- an explanatory essay or treatise on a text
- usually plural a personal record of events or facts
the commentaries of Caesar
Derived Forms
- commentarial, adjective
Other Words From
- com·men·tar·i·al [kom-, uh, n-, tair, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
- super·commen·tary noun plural supercommentaries
Word History and Origins
Origin of commentary1
Example Sentences
“It’s a sad commentary Senate Democrats kept farmers waiting two years before releasing the Farm Bill text,” Grassley said.
He was a staple of Sydney airwaves on local station 2GB for decades, also hosting a commentary show on Sky News Australia before he retired from full time work in 2020 citing health issues.
It crossed languages, genres and generations, with commentary offered in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and German.
“This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary,” the lawsuit states.
Kennedy described some of the ideas for broader reform in a commentary in The Wall Street Journal in September.
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