Princeton's WordNet

1. comment, commentary(noun)

   a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

   "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. commentary(noun)ˈkɒm ənˌtɛr i

   a spoken description of an event given as it happens

   the sports network's commentary on the game

2. commentaryˈkɒm ənˌtɛr i

   discussion or observations about sth

   a sad commentary on today's society

Wiktionary

1. commentary(Noun)

   A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

   This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Henry Hallam.

2. commentary(Noun)

   A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

3. commentary(Noun)

   An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

Origin: commentarius, commentarium, confer commentaire. See comment.

Webster Dictionary

1. Commentary(verb)

   a series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work

2. Commentary(verb)

   a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War

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