commentatorcom‧men‧ta‧tor /ˈkɒmənteɪtə $ ˈkɑːmənteɪtər/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable] 
political commentators2someone on television or radio who describes an event as it is happening: a sports commentator
WORD ORIGINcommentator
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin commentari ‘to comment’, from comminisci; ➔ COMMENT1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a college basketball commentator
- Parcells, the former New York Giants coach, later became a sports commentator on television.
- She was the former political commentator on the evening news.
- Lamar Alexander and news commentator Pat Buchanan, both of whom themselves are men of substantial financial means.
- Musicians, critics and cultural commentators often compare recorded music unfavourably with live performance.
- Once he gets going, there is no stopping this longtime Chicago talk-show host, sports commentator, actor, professional raconteur.
- Some commentators see such developments as further evidence of the erosion of local democracy.
- Television commentator Patrick J.. Buchanan, whose name was only on about two-thirds of the state ballots, came in third.
- The commentator even remarked on the fact that the two loose horses leading the field had caused no hindrance.
- The comedian outdrew the commentator on Friday.
- The solutions offered by New Right commentators and their fate is the subject of later chapters.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who presents a television or radio programme
British someone on a television or radio programme who tells you what the programme will be about, and introduces the other people in it: · The presenter read the news headlines.· Libby Purves, the radio presenter, has also written several novels.
American someone on a television or radio programme who tells you what the programme will be about, or who tells you about a sports game as it is happening: · The announcer said that the contestants had been chosen at random.· Scully was the radio announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers' games before moving to network television.
someone who introduces the people on a show and who talks to people or about reports or scenes included in the programme - use this especially about talk shows, game shows, or quiz shows: · Minelli was the host for the two-hour awards program.· Jay Leno, the host of the "Tonight" show
British /anchor/newscaster American someone who reads the news on TV or radio, and introduces news reports: · Lehrer is the respected anchor of the News Hour.· John Humphrys became a top BBC foreign correspondent, newsreader, and co-presenter of Radio 4's Today programme.· Wilson is retiring after 20 years as a newscaster at Channel 7.
someone who asks a famous person questions on television, for example about their personal experiences, political opinions etc: · Paxman is seen as a tough interviewer who rarely lets politicians off the hook.· My most shocking moment as an interviewer was when a movie star came on drunk and threatened to hit my other guests.
the main person who reads the news on a television news programme: · He was the anchor for the BBC's nine o'clock news for over 10 years.
someone on television or radio who describes an event as it is happening, especially a sports game: · Parcells, the former New York Giants coach, later became a sports commentator on television.
someone who plays records and talks to people on a music programme on the radio: · Wolfman Jack was a famous deejay in the 1960s.· DJ Barry Scott hosts an oldies program on WZLX.
someone who introduces music videos on television: · Hunter is a former MTV veejay.·
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a sports commentatorCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, and who writes about it or discusses it on the television or radio: a sports commentator· Even very conservative commentators can regard the conditions within some prisons as morally intolerable to a civilized community.· But while Mr Mitterrand won praise and respect abroad, he often drew sharp criticism at home, especially from conservative commentators.· Perhaps I sometimes do that job inadequately, in the view of any Conservative commentator.· Phil Gramm of Texas at 5. 7 percent and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan at 3. 9 percent.· The tone then was set by conservative commentator and unsuccessful presidential contender Pat Buchanan, who forecast a cultural and religious war.· Gramm said he had to win Louisiana, but was trounced by conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan.· The conservative commentator visited South Carolina last week after his win in the New Hampshire primary.
· And many other commentators accordingly praise the Presocratics on this score.· But both were themselves poets, and by that token were concerned more urgently than other commentators, even Edmund Wilson.· But other commentators have also had something to say about the use of quantification in linguistics.· Business decided to promote him - from the back pages to the front, to join our other regular commentators.
· Scarman's position in 1981 was well received by many political commentators.· He will also be a political commentator for Fox News Channel.· Her style of government has turned out to be a marvellous make-work scheme for political scientists, contemporary historians and political commentators.· That led many political commentators to indulge in hand-wringing about how apathetic Californians were about representative government.· Many political commentators and opposition leaders see his move as a tactical retreat-a typical Haider trick.· Also Revel Alderson, several dozen political commentators and, oh yes, me.· George Will, a political commentator of rarefied taste, is another who thinks that sport should be taken seriously.
· Reading accounts of evacuation by more conservatively-minded social commentators, one repeatedly encounters this analysis.
· And by seeing connections, she rejects the superior, alienating attitude often adopted by Western commentators towards other cultures.
NOUN· After retiring, he became a radio commentator on cricket and rugby and also wrote about both sports for Sunday newspapers.· It is hard to believe the poverty the radio commentators keep talking about.· The apparent discord in those rulings has sent radio commentators, columnists and much of the public reeling.
· I was in lane 1, and when the television commentators introduced the field they started in lane 2.· Dini is the most likely person to lead the new government, television commentators said.· Radio and television commentators suggested it occurred because of poor visibility in the rain and fog along the border.· The former television commentator has sought repeatedly to tell and sell his story since his acquittal.
VERB· This has led a number of commentators to argue that the unemployment trap is now of little importance to the real world.· That led many political commentators to indulge in hand-wringing about how apathetic Californians were about representative government.
political commentators2someone on television or radio who describes an event as it is happening: a sports commentator