comment

[kom-ent]

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noun

a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.

gossip; talk: His frequent absences gave rise to comment.

a criticism or interpretation, often by implication or suggestion: The play is a comment on modern society.

a user response to published content on the Internet, written in a designated “Comments” section, often below the published content: There were many online comments criticizing the author.

a note in explanation, expansion, or criticism of a passage in a book, article, or the like; annotation.

explanatory or critical matter added to a text.

Also called rheme. Linguistics. the part of a sentence that communicates new information about the topic.Compare topic(def 4).

verb (used without object)

to make remarks, observations, or criticisms: He refused to comment on the decision of the court.

to write explanatory or critical notes upon a text.

verb (used with object)

to make comments or remarks on; furnish with comments; annotate.

Origin of comment

1350–1400; Middle English coment < Latin commentum device, fabrication (Late Latin: interpretation, commentary), noun use of neuter of commentus (past participle of comminīscī to devise), equivalent to com- com- + men- (base of mēns, mentis mind) + -tus past participle ending

Related formscom·ment·a·ble, adjectivecom·ment·er, nounun·com·ment·ed, adjectiveun·com·ment·ing, adjectiveun·der·com·ment, nounun·der·com·ment, verb

Can be confusedcomment commentate (see usage note at commentate)

Synonyms for comment

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5. addendum, commentary. 9. annotate, elucidate.

Synonym study

1. See remark.

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Related Words for commented

disclose, assert, notice, criticize, expound, clarify, conclude, explain, express, note, mention, say, observe, reflect, remark, affirm, elucidate, gloss, interpose, pronounce

Examples from the Web for commented

Contemporary Examples of commented

Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in Vertigo.
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You can put mag wheels on a Gremlin,” commented one long time Michigan observer, “but that doesn't make it a Mustang.
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And someone named something like, “Vampire Man Randy,” commented on it and wrote, “sex feet.”
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October 31, 2014
McConnell spokesman Don Stewart commented that their “office is an equal employment opportunity employer.”
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September 30, 2014
Many of the individuals Yeshua-Katz spoke to commented on the no-win situation in which they found themselves.
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August 30, 2014

Historical Examples of commented

Langen has commented on it at some length,125 but offers no solution.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus
Wilton Wallace Blancke
"For humane reasons," Demarest commented, nodding approbation.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
"He's a loyal kid, at that," Burke commented, with a grudging admiration.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
"It's fearfully hard work, of course," he commented, when she had finished.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
"I've always had things pretty hard here," she commented briefly.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for commented

comment

noun

a remark, criticism, or observation

talk or gossip

a note explaining or criticizing a passage in a text

explanatory or critical matter added to a text

verb

(when intr, often foll by on; when tr, takes a clause as object) to remark or express an opinion

(intr) to write notes explaining or criticizing a text

Derived Formscommenter, noun

Word Origin for comment

C15: from Latin commentum invention, from comminiscī to contrive, related to mens mind

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Word Origin and History for commented

comment

late 14c., from Old French coment "commentary" or directly from Late Latin commentum "comment, interpretation," in classical Latin "invention, fabrication, fiction," neuter past participle of comminisci "to contrive, devise," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + base of meminisse "to remember," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind" (see mind (n.)). The Latin word meaning "something invented" was taken by Isidore and other Christian theologians for "interpretation, annotation." No comment as a stock refusal to answer a journalist's question is first recorded 1950, from Truman's White House press secretary, Charles Ross.

comment

early 15c., from Middle French commenter (15c.), from Latin commentari, from commentum (see comment (n.)). Related: Commented; commenting.