"commentate" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commentator"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from commentator",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "comment",
        "3": "-ate",
        "id2": "verb",
        "pos2": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commentates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event."
      ],
      "id": "en-commentate-en-verb-BwpJekVe",
      "links": [
        [
          "commentary",
          "commentary"
        ],
        [
          "commentator",
          "commentator"
        ],
        [
          "comments",
          "comments"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to provide commentary",
          "word": "selostaa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "commentate"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "commentator"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from commentator",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "comment",
        "3": "-ate",
        "id2": "verb",
        "pos2": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "commentates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "commentated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commentary",
          "commentary"
        ],
        [
          "commentator",
          "commentator"
        ],
        [
          "comments",
          "comments"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide commentary",
      "word": "selostaa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "commentate"
}