What does "comment" mean?
A spoken or written remark.
Comment
/ˈkɒm.ɛnt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A spoken or written remark.
- Grammar: comment is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: remark, accent, accents, address.
- Useful contrasts: delete, erase, ignore.
- Usage evidence: Because he thought Fred's comment was tacky, Larry got up on his high horse.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spoken or written remark. countable, uncountable
"I have no comment on that."
- 2 a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material wordnet
- 3 The act of commenting. uncountable
"People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent."
- 4 a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information wordnet
- 5 The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people wordnet
- 7 A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To remark. transitive
"“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”"
- 2 provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases wordnet
- 3 To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. intransitive
"He commented about your proposal."
- 4 explain or interpret something wordnet
- 5 To comment or remark on. obsolete, transitive
"[…]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof"
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- 6 make or write a comment on wordnet
- 7 To insert comments into (source code). transitive
"I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked."
- 8 To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. transitive
Example
"Because he thought Fred's comment was tacky, Larry got up on his high horse."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "comment"?
Common synonyms include: remark, accent, accents, address, affirmation, air.
How do you use "comment" in a sentence?
Because he thought Fred's comment was tacky, Larry got up on his high horse.
How do you pronounce "comment"?
Pronounced /ˈkɒm.ɛnt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentārī (“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”).