comment — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A spoken or written remark.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   I have no comment on that.

   Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.

   More examples (2)

   “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

   Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).

2. The act of commenting.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent.

3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   rheme

4. 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.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To remark.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

   "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]."

   I think Mamet always comments that commerce really comes down to just a confidence game

   As Cambridge historian Mervyn James commented, "silly quarrels escalated into battles in the streets."

2. To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • with “on” or “about”

   Examples

   He commented about your proposal.

   The movie comments on race relations.

   More examples (1)

   We will first comment on the atypical flutter of our patient and then on the concept of opsoclonus/flutter of our patient and then on the concept of flutter upon convergence.

3. To comment or remark on.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   […]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof

4. To insert comments into (source code).

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • of code

   Examples

   I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.

5. To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

   Usage

   • Transitive
   • of code

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   remarkinput

   Broader terms

   statement

   Examples

   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

2. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

   Synonyms

   commentary

   Broader terms

   statement

   Examples

   he wrote an extended comment on the proposal

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

   Synonyms

   gossipscuttlebutt

   Broader terms

   reportaccount

   Examples

   the divorce caused much gossip

Verb

1. make or write a comment on

   Synonyms

   noticeremarkpoint out

   Broader terms

   noteobservementionremark

   Examples

   he commented the paper of his colleague

2. explain or interpret something

   Broader terms

   explainexplicate

3. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

   Synonyms

   glossannotate

   Broader terms

   redeinterpret

   Examples

   He annotated on what his teacher had written