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Meaning of commentary

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

commentary

noun

Definitions

  1. A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work

  2. (usually in the plural) a brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum

    Example: Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War

  3. An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs

    Example: We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.