comment

[ kom-ent ]

/ ˈkɒm ɛnt /

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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.

Digital Technology. 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.

OTHER WORDS FOR comment

5 addendum, commentary.

9 annotate, elucidate.

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Origin of comment

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English com(m)ent “explanatory note, comment,” from Old French comment “commentary,” from Late Latin commentum “interpretation, comment,” from Latin “device, fabrication, falsehood,” noun use of neuter of commentus (past participle of comminīscī “to contrive, devise”), equivalent to com- com- + men- (base of mēns, mentis “mind, heart, soul, disposition,” see mind) + -tus past participle ending

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1. See remark.

OTHER WORDS FROM comment

com·ment·a·ble, adjectivecom·ment·er, nounun·com·ment·ed, adjectiveun·com·ment·ing, adjective

un·der·com·ment, nounun·der·com·ment, verb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH comment

comment , commentate

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British Dictionary definitions for comment

comment

/ (ˈkɒmɛnt) /

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 forms of comment

commenter, noun

Word Origin for comment

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

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