English dictionary
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English noun: comment | |||
| 1. | comment (communication) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | ||
| Samples | From time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account. | ||
| Synonyms | input, remark | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ad-lib, banality, barb, bromide, cliche, commonplace, conversation stopper, courtesy, crack, dig, gambit, gibe, jibe, mention, obiter dictum, observation, passing comment, platitude, ploy, quip, reference, reflection, reflexion, rib, sally, shaft, shot, slam, stopper, wisecrack, zinger | ||
| 2. | comment (communication) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material | ||
| Samples | He wrote an extended comment on the proposal. | ||
| Synonyms | commentary | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | statement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | annotation, Midrash, notation, note | ||
| 3. | comment (communication) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | ||
| Samples | The divorce caused much gossip. | ||
| Synonyms | gossip, scuttlebutt | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | account, report | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dirt, earful, grapevine, hearsay, malicious gossip, pipeline, rumor, rumour, scandal, talk, talk of the town, word of mouth | ||
English verb: comment | |||
| 1. | comment (communication) make or write a comment on | ||
| Samples | He commented the paper of his colleague. | ||
| Synonyms | notice, point out, remark | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mention, note, observe, remark | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | criticise, criticize, kibbitz, kibitz, knock, pick apart, wisecrack | ||
| 2. | comment (communication) explain or interpret something | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | explain, explicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disc-jockey, disk-jockey, DJ, second-guess | ||
| 3. | comment (communication) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | ||
| Samples | He annotated on what his teacher had written. | ||
| Synonyms | annotate, gloss | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interpret, rede | ||
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