"commentary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi/ [UK], /ˈkɒm.ən.tɹi/ [UK], /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛɹ.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commentary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commentaries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|commentaire}} Middle French commentaire, {{der|en|la|commentārius}} Latin commentārius, {{m|la|commentārium|t=notebook}} commentārium (“notebook”), {{cog|fr|commentaire}} French commentaire, {{m|en|comment}} comment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commentary (countable and uncountable, plural commentaries)
  1. A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (series of comments or annotations): scholia (english: ancient & medieval European works), secondary source Translations (A series of comments or annotations): σχόλια (skhólia) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), παρεκβολή (parekbolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ὑπόμνημα (hupómnēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), մեկնաբանություն (meknabanutʿyun) (Armenian), iruzkin (Basque), azalpen (Basque), zeresan (Basque), коментар (komentar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), comentari [masculine] (Catalan), komentaro (Esperanto), kommentaari (Finnish), comentario [masculine] (Galician), Kommentar [masculine] (German), σχόλια (schólia) [neuter, plural] (Greek), פירוש (perúsh) [feminine] (Hebrew), kommentár (Hungarian), түсініктеме (tüsınıkteme) (Kazakh), comentārium [neuter] (Latin), commentārium [neuter] (Latin), şirove [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ravek [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ravekirin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), îzah [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), şerh [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), tefsîr [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), ronkirin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), komentar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), komentarz [masculine] (Polish), comentário [masculine] (Portuguese), коммента́рий (kommentárij) [masculine] (Russian), аннота́ция (annotácija) [feminine] (Russian), iomradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), comentario [masculine] (Spanish), వ్యాఖ్యానము (vyākhyānamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-commentary-en-noun-8UgYMB9k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 27 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 19 18 Disambiguation of 'series of comments or annotations': 94 4 2 Disambiguation of 'A series of comments or annotations': 95 3 2
  2. (usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum. Tags: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Translations (A brief account of transactions or events written hastily): репортаж (reportaž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), comentari [masculine] (Catalan), kommentaari (Finnish), הערות (hearót) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), iomradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-commentary-en-noun-73qtMO69 Disambiguation of 'A brief account of transactions or events written hastily': 4 91 5
  3. An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs): commentaar [neuter] (Dutch), voice-over [masculine] (Dutch), selostus (Finnish), σχολιασμός (scholiasmós) [masculine] (Greek), דיווח (divúakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), репорта́ж (reportáž) [masculine] (Russian), comentarios [masculine, plural] (Spanish), వ్యాఖ్యానము (vyākhyānamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-commentary-en-noun-gyhtjrel Disambiguation of 'An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs': 5 9 86
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        "(usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum."
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      "word": "supercommentary"
    }
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "commentaire"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "commentārius"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "commentārium",
        "t": "notebook"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "commentaire"
      },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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        "A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work."
      ],
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        [
          "annotation",
          "annotation"
        ],
        [
          "exposition",
          "exposition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transaction",
          "transaction"
        ],
        [
          "memorandum",
          "memorandum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "plural-normally",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "broadcast",
          "broadcast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒm.ən.tɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛɹ.i/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commentary.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-commentary.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "ancient & medieval European works",
      "sense": "series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "scholia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "secondary source"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meknabanutʿyun",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "մեկնաբանություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "iruzkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "azalpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "zeresan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "komentar",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коментар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentari"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "komentaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "kommentaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentario"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kommentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schólia",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "σχόλια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skhólia",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "σχόλια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parekbolḗ",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρεκβολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupómnēma",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὑπόμνημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "perúsh",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פירוש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "kommentár"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tüsınıkteme",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "түсініктеме"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "şirove"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ravek"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ravekirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "îzah"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "şerh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tefsîr"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ronkirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "comentārium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "commentārium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "komentarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kommentárij",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коммента́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "annotácija",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аннота́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iomradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentario"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vyākhyānamu",
      "sense": "A series of comments or annotations",
      "word": "వ్యాఖ్యానము"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reportaž",
      "sense": "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "репортаж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily",
      "word": "kommentaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hearót",
      "sense": "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "הערות"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "A brief account of transactions or events written hastily",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iomradh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "commentaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voice-over"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "word": "selostus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "scholiasmós",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σχολιασμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "divúakh",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דיווח"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "reportáž",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "репорта́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "comentarios"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vyākhyānamu",
      "sense": "An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs",
      "word": "వ్యాఖ్యానము"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "commentary"
  ],
  "word": "commentary"
}

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