"commentate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒ.mənˌteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commentate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: commentates [present, singular, third-person], commentating [participle, present], commentated [participle, past], commentated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|commentator}} Back-formation from commentator, {{af|en|comment|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)
  1. (intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event. Tags: intransitive Translations (to provide commentary): selostaa (Finnish), kommentieren (German)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event."
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