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Comment   /kˈɑmɛnt/   Listen
Comment

noun
1.
A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.  Synonyms: input, remark.
2.
A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.  Synonym: commentary.
3.
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.  Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt.
verb
(past & past part. commented; pres. part. commenting)
1.
Make or write a comment on.  Synonyms: notice, point out, remark.
2.
Explain or interpret something.
3.
Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.  Synonyms: annotate, gloss.



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... simply, but a world-poet. Germany has made him her own, and the Latin races, though at first hindered in a true appreciation of him by the canons of classical taste, have at length learned to know him. An ever-growing mass of Shaksperian literature, in the way of comment and interpretation, critical, textual, historical, or illustrative, testifies to the durability and growth of his fame. Above all, his plays still keep, and probably always will keep, the stage. It is common to speak of Shakspere and ...
— Brief History of English and American Literature • Henry A. Beers

... end the queen had come at last, and silence is the best comment which charity has to offer upon it. Better far it would have been if the dust had been allowed to settle down over the grave of Anne Boleyn, and her remembrance buried in forgetfulness. Strange it is that a spot which ought to have been sacred to pity, should have ...
— History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. • James Anthony Froude

... comment upon this suggestion, and on Spargo looking at Mr. Aylmore, the Member of Parliament rose and glanced ...
— The Middle Temple Murder • J.S. Fletcher

... asked me if I were married. "All Americans are," was his comment. He had to be going. Some stupid affair, he said, for the evening. We walked together around into the Strand. "Well, good-bye," said Mr. Walpole, extending his hand, "I've ...
— Walking-Stick Papers • Robert Cortes Holliday

... relatives in Glasgow. It was not exactly my ideal of married life, but as the couple always seemed happy enough when together, and the arrangement appeared to suit them both, it was not my place to make any comment. ...
— To Mars via The Moon - An Astronomical Story • Mark Wicks


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