Definitions for comment
ˈkɒm ɛntcom·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. commentnoun

   A spoken remark.

2. commentnoun

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

3. commentverb

   To remark.

4. commentverb

   To make remarks or notes.

5. commentverb

   To insert comments into source code.

6. Etymology: From commentum, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. comment

   A comment refers to a verbal or written remark expressing an opinion, feedback, criticism, observation, or statement related to a particular subject or topic. In computer programming, a comment is a line of code that is not executed but provides information or clarification about the programming logic to the programmer or any other person reviewing the code.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

2. Commentverb

   to comment on

3. Commentnoun

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

4. Commentnoun

   a note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition

5. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 MedicineRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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.

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1. Comment

   Comment vs. Commentary -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Comment and Commentary.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMMENT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Comment is ranked #93125 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Comment surname appeared 197 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Comment.
   
   93.9% or 185 total occurrences were White.

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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Caitlin Workman:

   We are aware of a Canadian citizen detained in North Korea, consular officials are in contact with family members and are providing assistance to them. I'm afraid that for privacy reasons, we are not able to comment further.

2. William Baker:

   In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I can respond no comment with some degree of knowledge.

3. Bill Clinton:

   The other thing I want to make a funny comment about is Steve Cohen’s remark that I was just a stand-in for the first black president, i’m happy to do that.

4. Steve Young:

   Basically I made a comment to him that based on his relationship with the explosion victim, it was obvious why he would be a person of interest, and he agreed and said that he understood.

5. Ben Carson:

   Ben Carson has nothing to do with Ben Carson campaign. Nothing, armstrong can comment on his own behalf. He does not speak for Ben Carson campaign at all. He does not speak for me. He speaks for himself.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=comment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Comment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=comment
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comment
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=comment
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html