commentarynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈkɒm.ən.tər.i/us/ˈkɑː.mən.ter.i/a spoken description of an event on the radio or television that is broadcast as the event happens:
The commentary on the Olympic Games was much better on the other channel.
a set of written remarks on an event, book, or person that explains its subject or expresses an opinion on it:
There's good arts coverage in the newspaper, but not much political commentary.
running commentary
a continuous description of events as they are happening
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Remarks & remarking
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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