Definitions for commentator
ˈkɒm ənˌteɪ tərcom·men·ta·tor

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. observer, commentator(noun)

   an expert who observes and comments on something

2. commentator, reviewer(noun)

   a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. commentator(Noun)

   A person who comments; especially someone who is paid to give his/her opinions in the media about current affairs, sports, etc.

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

1. Commentator(noun)

   one who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator

   Etymology: [L. commentator: cf. F. commentateur.]

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1. Commentator

   A pundit is someone who offers to mass media his or her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area on which they are usually knowledgeable. The term has been increasingly applied to popular media personalities. In certain cases, it may be used in a derogatory manner as well, as the political equivalent of ideologue.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'commentator' in Nouns Frequency: #2472

How to pronounce commentator?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of commentator in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of commentator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of commentator in a Sentence

1. Tulsi Gabbard:

   Just two days ago, the New York Times put out an article saying that I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears, this morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable.

2. Costas Panagopoulos:

   To the extent that Giuliani will be involved in the game moving forward, it will be as a commentator or an analyst, in order to do that successfully these days, it helps to be controversial, sometimes inflammatory. I am not surprised that he has become increasingly forceful in his comments in the media. He is convinced that will help him.

3. Karen Kasich:

   I was doing a radio interview and the commentator said,' Why don't you talk about God more ? You could get more votes,' like what, are you kidding me ? It doesn't work that way.

4. Bill Carter:

   I think Jimmy Fallon was not set out to be the political commentator comedian. Jimmy Fallon's an incredibly gifted comic, and that's why Jimmy Fallon was doing well at first, i think people liked the sort of feel-good aspect of The Tonight Show, but President Donald Trump overwhelmed that.

5. Yevgeny Kiselyov:

   If you are a political journalist, a commentator, and you take sides in this war, and I am taking Ukrainian side, well it involves certain risks.

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