commentary
English
Etymology
From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment.
Noun
commentary (countable and uncountable, 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
- We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.
- Henry Hallam
- This letter […] was published by him with a severe commentary.
- (usually in the plural) a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum
- Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War
- an oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
Synonyms
- (series of comments or annotations): scholia (ancient & medieval European works); secondary source
Derived terms
Translations
A series of comments or annotations
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A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
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Further reading
- “commentary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.