What does comment mean?
Definitions for comment
ˈkɒm ɛntcom·ment
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word comment.
Princeton's WordNet
remark, comment, inputnoun
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
"from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
comment, commentarynoun
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"
gossip, comment, scuttlebuttverb
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
"the divorce caused much gossip"
comment, notice, remark, point outverb
make or write a comment on
"he commented the paper of his colleague"
commentverb
explain or interpret something
gloss, comment, annotateverb
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
"He annotated on what his teacher had written"
Wiktionary
commentnoun
A spoken remark.
commentnoun
A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
commentverb
To remark.
commentverb
To make remarks or notes.
commentverb
To insert comments into source code.
Etymology: From commentum, from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Commentnoun
Annotations on an author; notes; explanation; exposition; remarks.
Etymology: from the verb.
In such a time as this, it is not meet
That every nice offence should bear its comment. William Shakespeare.Forgive the comment that my passion made
Upon thy feature; for my rage was blind. William Shakespeare, K. John.All that is behind will be by way of comment on that part of the church of England’s charity. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.
Adam came into the world a philosopher, which sufficiently appeared by his writing the nature of things upon their names: he could view essences in themselves, and read forms without the comment of their respective properties. Robert South, Sermons.
All the volumes of philosophy,
With all their comments, never could invent
So politick an instrument. Matthew Prior.Proper gestures, and vehement exertions of the voice, are a kind of comment to what he utters. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 407.
Still with itself compar’d, his text peruse;
And let your comment be the Mantuan muse. Alexander Pope.To COMMENTverb
To annotate; to write notes upon an author; to expound; to explain; with upon before the thing explained.
Etymology: commentor, Lat.
Enter his chamber, view his lifeless corps,
And comment then upon his sudden death. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.Such are thy secrets, which my life makes good,
And comments on thee; for in ev’ry thing
Thy words do find me out, and parallels bring,
And in another make me understand. George Herbert.Criticks having first taken a liking to one of these poets, proceed to comment on him, and illustrate him. John Dryden, Juv. Ded.
They have contented themselves only to comment upon those texts, and make the best copies they could after those originals. William Temple.
Indeed I hate that any man should be idle, while I must translate and comment. Alexander Pope.
Webster Dictionary
Commentverb
to make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon
Commentverb
to comment on
Commentnoun
a remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk
Commentnoun
a note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition
Etymology: [F. commenter, L. commentari to meditate upon, explain, v. intens. of comminisci, commentus, to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to remember, mens mind. See Mind.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Comment
kom′ent, n. a note conveying an illustration or explanation: a remark, observation, criticism.—v.i. (or kom-ent′) to make critical or explanatory notes: to annotate: (Shak.) to meditate.—ns. Comm′entary, a comment: a remark: a book consisting of a regular series of comments or notes on another book; Commentā′tion, annotation; Comm′entātor, Comm′enter (or Comment′er), Comm′entor (or Comment′or).—adj. Commentatō′rial, pertaining to the making of commentaries. [Fr.,—L. commentāri—com, and L. mens, the mind.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Comment
Work consisting of a critical or explanatory note written to discuss, support, or dispute an article or other presentation previously published. It may take the form of an article, letter, editorial, etc. It appears in publications under a variety of names: comment, commentary, editorial comment, viewpoint, etc.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3258
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1408
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Nouns Frequency: #624
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Verbs Frequency: #420
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of comment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of comment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of comment in a Sentence
We would not comment on supposed anonymous private conversations with The Prince of Wales, except to restate that The Prince remains politically neutral. Matters of policy are decisions for Government.
I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Ilhan Omar, i have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.
I’ll resist for just a few more hours what I’ve resisted for a few weeks, which is to comment on specific candidates, kevin McCarthy is part of the problem.
Comment is free, but facts are sacred.
And there is one particular candidate who just seems to delight in insulting women any chance Donald Trump gets. I have to say, if he emerges, I would love to debate him. yesterday, in an interview, Donald Trump even had the nerve to make an outrageous comment about one of his fellow candidate's looks, so I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm not really willing to give Donald Trump credit for very credible, substantive beliefs.
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Translations for comment
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- تعليقArabic
- коментирам, бележка, коментарBulgarian
- comentari, comentarCatalan, Valencian
- komentovat, komentářCzech
- kommentar, kommentereDanish
- Kommentar, Kommentare einfügen, kommentierenGerman
- σχόλιο, σχολιάζωGreek
- comentar, comentarioSpanish
- نظر, کامنتPersian
- huomautus, kommentti, huomauttaa, välihuomautus, kommentoidaFinnish
- commenter, commentaireFrench
- abairtScottish Gaelic
- megjegyzésHungarian
- athugasemdIcelandic
- commentoItalian
- コメント, 論評Japanese
- ಕಾಮೆಂಟ್ ಮಾಡಿKannada
- huatauMāori
- commentaar, becommentariërenDutch
- kommentar, kommentereNorwegian
- komentować, komentarz, zakomentowaćPolish
- comentar, mencionar, comentárioPortuguese
- замечание, закомментировать, прокомментировать, комментарий, комментироватьRussian
- опаска, komentar, opaska, коментарSerbo-Croatian
- kommentera, kommentarSwedish
- açıklama, yorumTurkish
- 评论Chinese
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