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comment en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɔment/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• [ˈkɔ̟mɪnt] ~ [ˈkɞ̠mɪnt] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɔmɛnt/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈkɒment/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɒmɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑmɛnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A spoken or written remark.
   • I have no comment on that.
   • Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011). 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
2. (uncountable) The act of commenting.
   • People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:
3. (countable, uncountable) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

fairy comment · commentworthy · subcomment · C-style comment · no comment · comment clause · commentize · block comment · fair comment · metacomment · commentless · conditional comment · public comment · miscomment · letter of comment · sidebar comment · comment section · honest comment · notice and comment

Descendants

コメント · քոմենթ · 코멘트

Relateds

pragma

Synonyms

rheme

Translations (126)

eo komento (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · ka კომენტარი (spoken remark) · es comentario (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · es comentario (spoken remark) · kk түсіндірме (spoken remark) · tk düşündiriş (spoken remark) · cmn 評論 /评论 (spoken remark) · da kommentar (spoken remark) · eo komento (spoken remark) · tg шарҳ (spoken remark) · de Kommentar (spoken remark) · cs komentář (spoken remark) · pt comentário (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · ko 론평 (spoken remark) · fa-ira تَفْسیر (spoken remark) · hu megjegyzés (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · sl komentar (spoken remark) · el σχόλιο (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · uz izoh (spoken remark) · cmn 註解 /注解 (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · pt comentário (spoken remark) · gl comento (spoken remark) · bg комента́р (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · hi टिप्पणी (spoken remark) · sh комѐнта̄р (spoken remark) · nb merknad (spoken remark) · nn kommentar (spoken remark) · itk דִיטוֹ (spoken remark) · et kommentaar (spoken remark) · scn cummentu (spoken remark) · vi lời phụ chú (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · da bemærkning (spoken remark) · sq koment (spoken remark) · fa-ira نَظَر (spoken remark) · te వ్యాఖ్య (spoken remark) · is athugasemd (spoken remark) · it commento (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · crh tefsir (spoken remark) · ja 論評 (spoken remark) · eu irazkin (spoken remark) · ar تَعْلِيق (spoken remark) · uz mulohaza (spoken remark) · bg комента́р (spoken remark) · de Kommentar (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · hy մեկնաբանություն (spoken remark) · hu komment (spoken remark) · mi tākupu (spoken remark) · ru коммента́рий (spoken remark) · br evezhiadenn (spoken remark) · pl komentarz (spoken remark) · pl komentarz (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · fa کامنت (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · uk комента́р (spoken remark) · it commento (spoken remark) · sh komèntār (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · is athugasemd (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · nb kommentar (spoken remark) · ru коммента́рий (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · fr commentaire (spoken remark) · pl uwaga (spoken remark) · sv kommentar (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · ru ко́ммент (spoken remark) · eo komentario (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · lv komentārs (spoken remark) · az yozum (spoken remark) · grc σχόλιον (spoken remark) · it osservazione (spoken remark) · sv kommentar (spoken remark) · da kommentar (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · sh комѐнта̄р (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · nn merknad (spoken remark) · ru замеча́ние (spoken remark) · mk комента́р (spoken remark) · az şərh (spoken remark) · ja コメント (spoken remark) · fi kommentti (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · tg тафсир (spoken remark) · pl spostrzeżenie (spoken remark) · gl comentario (spoken remark) · sh о̀паска (spoken remark) · th คำติชม (spoken remark) · ko 코멘트 (spoken remark) · gd abairt (spoken remark) · ko 논평 (spoken remark) · kk түсінік (spoken remark) · bg беле́жка (spoken remark) · sk komentár (spoken remark) · ro comentariu (spoken remark) · el παρατήρηση (spoken remark) · fi kommentti (spoken remark) · tr tefsir (spoken remark) · fi huomautus (spoken remark) · ca comentari (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · cs komentář (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · ky түшүндүрмө (spoken remark) · el σχόλιο (spoken remark) · uz fikr (spoken remark) · az izah (spoken remark) · ca comentari (spoken remark) · io komenturo (spoken remark) · tg эзоҳ (spoken remark) · vi lời chú thích (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · ar مَلْحُوظَة (spoken remark) · tr yorum (spoken remark) · cy sylwad (spoken remark) · sh komèntār (spoken remark) · nl commentaar (spoken remark) · nl commentaar (programming: remark not affecting behavior) · he טוֹקְבֶּק (spoken remark) · nds Kommentar (spoken remark) · sh òpaska (spoken remark) · be камента́р (spoken remark) · mi pito kōrero (spoken remark) · ky комментарий (spoken remark) · ky чечмелөө (spoken remark) · vi lời bình luận (spoken remark) · id komentar (spoken remark) · hu hozzászólás (spoken remark) · es comento (the act of commenting) · ko 댓글 (spoken remark) · az fikir (spoken remark) · mi huatau (spoken remark) · lt komentaras (spoken remark) · fi välihuomautus (spoken remark) · hu megjegyzés (spoken remark) · tr açıklama (programming: remark not affecting behavior)

comment en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɔment/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• [ˈkɔ̟mɪnt] ~ [ˈkɞ̠mɪnt] (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɔmɛnt/ (British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈkɒment/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkɒmɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑmɛnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentārī (“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remark.
   • “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.” 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • As Cambridge historian Mervyn James commented, "silly quarrels escalated into battles in the streets." 2009 Winter, John M. Kang, “Manliness and the Constitution”, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 32, number 1, page 261:
   • I think Mamet always comments that commerce really comes down to just a confidence game 2003 July 5, Pierre Salinger, ABC News, “Analysis: Top film choices”, in NPR_Saturday:
   • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. (intransitive, with “on” or “about”) To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
   • He commented about your proposal.
   • We will first comment on the atypical flutter of our patient and then on the concept of opsoclonus/flutter of our patient and then on the concept of flutter upon convergence. 2019, Aasef G. Shaikh, Stefano Ramat, editor, Mathematical Modelling in Motor Neuroscience: State of the Art and Translation to the Clinic, Gaze Orienting Mechanisms and Disease, volume 249, page 68:
   • The movie comments on race relations.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To comment or remark on.
   • […]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof 1677, Lancelot Addison, A Modest Plea for the Clergy:
4. (of code, transitive) To insert comments into (source code).
   • I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.
5. (of code, transitive) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

Forms

Deriveds

commentary (remark) · uncomment (programming: insert comments) · commentator (remark) · comment out (programming: insert comments) · undercommented (remark) · miscomment (remark) · recomment (remark) · commentable (remark) · commentate (remark) · commentize (programming: insert comments)

Relateds

document

Translations (51)

te వ్యాఖ్యానించు (to remark) · fi huomauttaa (to remark) · sv kommentera (to remark) · bg коментирам (to remark) · nl becommentariëren (to remark) · el σχολιάζω (programming: to insert comments) · vi bình luận (to remark) · fi kommentoida (to remark) · mk коментира (to remark) · fi ottaa kantaa (to remark) · he הֵעִיר (to remark) · fr commenter (to remark) · de kommentieren (to remark) · sk komentovať (to remark) · eo komenti (to remark) · pl komentować (programming: to insert comments) · de Kommentare einfügen (programming: to insert comments) · hu hozzászól (to remark) · hy մեկնաբանել (to remark) · eu irazkindu (to remark) · sv kommentera (programming: to insert comments) · pl zakomentować (programming: to insert comments) · cs komentovat (programming: to insert comments) · pt comentar (programming: to insert comments) · ar عَلَّقَ (to remark) · uk коментува́ти (to remark) · pt mencionar (to remark) · pl komentować (to remark) · cs komentovat (to remark) · fi kommentoida (programming: to insert comments) · ca comentar (to remark) · th ติชม (to remark) · ca comentar (programming: to insert comments) · ru комменти́ровать (to remark) · es comentar (to remark) · mi huatau (to remark) · hu megjegyez (to remark) · pt comentar (to remark) · ru прокомменти́ровать (to remark) · no kommentere (to remark) · cmn 評論 /评论 (to remark) · da kommentere (to remark) · be каменці́раваць (to remark) · nl becommentariëren (programming: to insert comments) · el σχολιάζω (to remark) · ru комменти́ровать (programming: to insert comments) · ru закомменти́ровать (programming: to insert comments) · mi tākupu (to remark) · id mengomentari (to remark) · ja 論評する (to remark) · da kommentere (programming: to insert comments)