About The Word Comment
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What's The Definition Of Comment?
[n] 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"
[n] a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" [n] a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [v] provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [v] explain or interpret something [v] make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" Synonyms | Synonyms for Comment: annotate | commentary | gloss | gossip | notice | point out | remark | remark | scuttlebutt Related Terms | Find terms related to Comment: accents | address | affirmation | allegation | allude to | analysis | animadversion | animadvert | annotate | annotation | answer | apostrophe | apparatus criticus | approval | assertion | averment | blurt | blurt out | book review | call attention to | censure | chatter | clarification | commentary | commentate | commentation | construe | conversation | crack | critical bibliography | critical journal | critical notice | critical review | criticism | critique | declaration | dictum | discourse | discuss | editorial | elocution | elucidate | elucidation | exclaim | exclamation | exegesis | expansion | explain | explanation | explicate | expose | exposition | expound | expression | footnote | gab | gloss | greeting | interject | interjection | language | leader | leading article | let drop | let fall | literary criticism | make reference to | mention | muse | notation | note | note of explanation | notice | obiter dictum | observation | observe | opine | opinion | oral communication | palaver | parole | Parthian shot | phrase | position | prattle | pronouncement | question | rapping | reaction | refer to | reference | reflect | reflection | remark | report | reveal | review | running commentary | say | saying | scholium | sentence | speak | speaking | speech | statement | subjoinder | talk | talk about | talking | thought | utterance | view | word | word of explanation | words | write-up | yakkety-yak | yakking See Also | account | ad-lib | annotation | banality | barb | bromide | cliche | commonplace | conversation stopper | courtesy | crack | criticise | criticize | dig | dirt | diskjockey | DJ | earful | explain | explicate | gambit | gibe | grapevine | hearsay | interpret | jibe | kibbitz | kibitz | malicious gossip | mention | mention | notation | note | note | obiter dictum | observation | observe | passing comment | pick apart | pipeline | platitude | ploy | quip | reference | reflection | reflexion | report | rumor | rumour | sally | scandal | secondguess | shaft | shot | slam | statement | stopper | talk | talk of the town | wisecrack | wisecrack | word of mouth Comment In Webster's Dictionary \Com"ment\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Commented}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Commenting}.] [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}.]
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.
A physician to comment on your malady. --Shak.
Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. --Dryden.
I must translate and comment. --Pope.
\Com"ment\, v. t. To comment on. [Archaic.] --Fuller. \Com"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. comment.] 1. A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. Their lavish comment when her name was named. --Tennyson. 2. A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. All the volumes of philosophy, With all their comments. --Prior. /* Open the input file */ infd = open(input_file, O_RDONLY); |
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