Definitions for comment
ˈkɒm ɛntcom·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. remark, comment, inputnoun

   a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

   "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

2. comment, commentarynoun

   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"

3. gossip, comment, scuttlebuttverb

   a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

   "the divorce caused much gossip"

4. comment, notice, remark, point outverb

   make or write a comment on

   "he commented the paper of his colleague"

5. commentverb

   explain or interpret something

6. gloss, comment, annotateverb

   provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

   "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. commentnoun

   A spoken remark.

2. commentnoun

   A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.

3. commentverb

   To remark.

4. commentverb

   To make remarks or notes.

5. commentverb

   To insert comments into source code.

6. Etymology: From commentum, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commentnoun

   Annotations on an author; notes; explanation; exposition; remarks.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   In such a time as this, it is not meet
   That every nice offence should bear its comment. William Shakespeare.

   Forgive the comment that my passion made
   Upon thy feature; for my rage was blind. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   All that is behind will be by way of comment on that part of the church of England’s charity. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.

   Adam came into the world a philosopher, which sufficiently appeared by his writing the nature of things upon their names: he could view essences in themselves, and read forms without the comment of their respective properties. Robert South, Sermons.

   All the volumes of philosophy,
   With all their comments, never could invent
   So politick an instrument. Matthew Prior.

   Proper gestures, and vehement exertions of the voice, are a kind of comment to what he utters. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 407.

   Still with itself compar’d, his text peruse;
   And let your comment be the Mantuan muse. Alexander Pope.

2. To COMMENTverb

   To annotate; to write notes upon an author; to expound; to explain; with upon before the thing explained.

   Etymology: commentor, Lat.

   Enter his chamber, view his lifeless corps,
   And comment then upon his sudden death. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Such are thy secrets, which my life makes good,
   And comments on thee; for in ev’ry thing
   Thy words do find me out, and parallels bring,
   And in another make me understand. George Herbert.

   Criticks having first taken a liking to one of these poets, proceed to comment on him, and illustrate him. John Dryden, Juv. Ded.

   They have contented themselves only to comment upon those texts, and make the best copies they could after those originals. William Temple.

   Indeed I hate that any man should be idle, while I must translate and comment. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commentverb

   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

2. Commentverb

   to comment on

3. Commentnoun

   a remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk

4. Commentnoun

   a note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition

5. Etymology: [F. commenter, L. commentari to meditate upon, explain, v. intens. of comminisci, commentus, to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to remember, mens mind. See Mind.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Comment

   kom′ent, n. a note conveying an illustration or explanation: a remark, observation, criticism.—v.i. (or kom-ent′) to make critical or explanatory notes: to annotate: (Shak.) to meditate.—ns. Comm′entary, a comment: a remark: a book consisting of a regular series of comments or notes on another book; Commentā′tion, annotation; Comm′entātor, Comm′enter (or Comment′er), Comm′entor (or Comment′or).—adj. Commentatō′rial, pertaining to the making of commentaries. [Fr.,—L. commentāri—com, and L. mens, the mind.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Comment

   Work consisting of a critical or explanatory note written to discuss, support, or dispute an article or other presentation previously published. It may take the form of an article, letter, editorial, etc. It appears in publications under a variety of names: comment, commentary, editorial comment, viewpoint, etc.

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1. Comment

   Comment vs. Commentary -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Comment and Commentary.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMMENT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Comment is ranked #93125 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Comment surname appeared 197 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Comment.
   
   93.9% or 185 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Explain
   • Interpret
   • Statement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3258

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1408

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Nouns Frequency: #624

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comment' in Verbs Frequency: #420

How to pronounce comment?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say comment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of comment in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   I'm not going to comment on what Joe's doing or not doing. I think you can direct those questions to my very able vice president.

2. House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan:

   I disavow these comments, claiming a person can't do their job because of race is sort of like a textbook definition of a racist comment.

3. Curt Miller:

   During last night's game, while arguing a call with an official, I made an inappropriate and offensive comment in reference to Liz Cambage's height and weight, i regret what I said in the heat of the moment and want to sincerely apologize to Liz Cambage and the entire Aces organization. I understand the gravity of my words and have learned from this.

4. Heino Klinck:

   Overarchingly China is concerned that the potential evolution of U.S defense policy regarding Taiwan is going to embolden Taiwan and advance the pro-independence movement, any time a U.S. official makes any comment about Taiwan with respect to strengthening the relationship or even implies that the relationship is going to be strengthened, China will push back vociferously.

5. Charlie Baker:

   Until we have a chance to actually read the thing, which, I mean, we haven't even talked to our own lawyers about it yet, I'm not going to comment beyond that, but will just say that I'm glad that the Legislature moved forward on this, i'm glad this is something that was part of what they considered to be important to get done before the end of the session, but I can't speak to the specifics of this until we have a chance to review it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=comment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Comment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=comment
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comment
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=comment
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html