commentary
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English
Etymology
From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.ən.tə.ɹi/, /ˈkɒm.ən.tɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛɹ.i/
Noun
commentary (countable and uncountable, plural commentaries)
- A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, , →OCLC:
- This letter […] was published by him with a severe commentary.
- (usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum.
- An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
- We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.
Synonyms
- (series of comments or annotations): scholia (ancient & medieval European works); secondary source
Derived terms
Translations
A series of comments or annotations
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A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
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Further reading
- “commentary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.