Definitions for comment
ˈkɒm ɛntcom·ment

Princeton's WordNet(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. gossip, comment, scuttlebuttverb

   a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

   "the divorce caused much gossip"

4. comment, notice, remark, point outverb

   make or write a comment on

   "he commented the paper of his colleague"

5. commentverb

   explain or interpret something

6. gloss, comment, annotateverb

   provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

   "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. commentnoun

   A spoken remark.

   Etymology: From commentum, from .

2. commentnoun

   A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.

   Etymology: From commentum, from .

3. commentverb

   To remark.

   Etymology: From commentum, from .

4. commentverb

   To make remarks or notes.

   Etymology: From commentum, from .

5. commentverb

   To insert comments into source code.

   Etymology: From commentum, from .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

   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.]

2. Commentverb

   to comment on

   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.]

3. Commentnoun

   a remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk

   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.]

4. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Explain
   • Interpret
   • Statement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3258

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1408

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Nouns Frequency: #624

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Verbs Frequency: #420

How to pronounce comment?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say comment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of comment in a Sentence

1. Donna Mirandola:

   We can confirm that we received a subpoena from the New York State Department of Financial Services and, as is our policy, we intend to cooperate with all regulatory bodies, we do not comment on specific client matters.

2. Scarlett Johansson:

   Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment.

3. Ed Marsico:

   We can’t comment on that at this time, but the investigation will continue and it will be thorough.

4. John McCain:

   Trump said. The comment was questioned by some Republicans, including Arizona Sen. John McCain. I don't know what he's saying and I've long ago given up trying to interpret what he says.

5. Red State chief Erick Erickson:

   His comment was inappropriate, it is unfortunate to have to disinvite him. But I just don't want someone on stage who gets a hostile question from a lady and his first inclination is to imply it was hormonal. It just was wrong.

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