commentator
Americannoun
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a person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.
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a person who makes commentaries.
noun
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a person who provides a spoken commentary for a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
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a person who writes notes on a text, event, etc
Other Word Forms
- commentatorial adjective
- commentatorially adverb
- supercommentator noun
Etymology
Origin of commentator
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commentātor interpreter, equivalent to commentā ( rī ) to interpret ( Latin: to think about, prepare, discuss, write, perhaps frequentative of comminīscī to devise; comment ) + Latin -tor -tor
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"She knows where all the bodies are buried," said royal commentator Richard Palmer.
From BBC
It’s been a standard mantra of financial advisers and commentators for about two generations.
From MarketWatch
"This will be particularly challenging for lower income households, many of whom were hoping that falling rates would ease pressure on already stretched budgets," said Tamsin Powell, consumer finance commentator at Creditspring.
From BBC
At the beginning of the war, Iran’s seemingly scattered attacks on infrastructure, embassies and hotels in Gulf states were a source of mirth for some American commentators.
From Salon
While acknowledging that wars have their own dynamics and emphasizing that his view is low conviction as a consequence, Papic opines that Iran’s pain threshold is lower than markets and commentators imagine.
From MarketWatch
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