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
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"I was supposed to go to Milan as a commentator with NBC," she said.
From Barron's
Housing commentators have pointed to the relative stability of prices in recent times.
From BBC
Smith's dismissal on the second morning of the fifth Test against Australia was called "one of the worst I have ever seen" by BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.
From BBC
Some media commentators at the time described the event as a civil war, with friends and families divided between Team McCarthy or Team Keane.
From BBC
Economists and financial commentators have long noted that the stock market isn’t the economy—or rather, that the broader economy is insulated from temporary downturns in the markets.
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