commentary
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English [edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Etymology [edit]
Latin commentarius, commentarium (“note book”), confer French commentaire. See comment.
Noun [edit]
commentary (plural commentaries)
- A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Henry Hallam.
- A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
- An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
Derived terms [edit]
- audio commentary
- commentary track
- DVD commentary
- political commentary
- social commentary
- supercommentary
Translations [edit]
A series of comments or annotations
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
External links [edit]
- commentary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
