comment, commentary
(noun) a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; “he wrote an extended comment on the proposal”
remark, comment, input
(noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; “from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account”; “we would appreciate input from our users on how we can improve our software”
gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; “the divorce caused much gossip”
gloss, comment, annotate
(verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; “He annotated on what his teacher had written”
comment, notice, remark, point out
(verb) make or write a comment on; “he commented the paper of his colleague”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
comment (plural comments)
A spoken or written remark.
(programming) 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.
comment (third-person singular simple present comments, present participle commenting, simple past and past participle commented)
(transitive) To remark.
(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
(transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
(transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
(transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
Source: Wiktionary
Com"ment, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commented; p. pr. & vb. n. Commenting.] Etym: [F. commenter, L. commentary to meditate upon, explain, v. intens, of comminisci, commentus, to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to remember, mens mind. See Mind.]
Definition: To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon. A physician to comment on your malady. Shak. Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. Dryden. I must translate and comment. Pope.
Com"ment, v. t.
Definition: To comment on. [Archaic.] Fuller.
Com"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. comment.]
1. A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. Their lavish comment when her name was named. Tennyson.
2. A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. All the volumes of philosophy, With all their comments. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
