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Comment

//ˈkɒm.ɛnt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spoken or written remark. countable, uncountable

    "I have no comment on that."

  2. 2
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information wordnet
  5. 5
    The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people wordnet
  2. 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. 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. 2
    provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases wordnet
  3. 3
    To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. intransitive

    "He commented about your proposal."

  4. 4
    explain or interpret something wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    make or write a comment on wordnet
  2. 7
    To insert comments into (source code). transitive

    "I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked."

  3. 8
    To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. transitive

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”).

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