COMMENTATE

commentate

(verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)

(intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.

Usage notes

Sometimes proscribed as an unnecessary or uneducated backformation, with comment and provide commentary preferred.

Source: Wiktionary


Com"men*tate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. commentatus, p. p. of commentari to meditate.]

Definition: To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.] Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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