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Webster 1913 Edition
Commentary
Com′men-ta-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Commentaries
(#)
. 1.
A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.
This letter . . . was published by him with a severe
commentary
. Hallam.
2.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; – usually in the plural;
as, Caesar’s
. Commentaries
on the Gallic WarWebster 1828 Edition
Commentary
COMMENTARY
, n.1.
A comment; exposition; explanation; illustration of difficult and obscure passages in an author.2.
A book of comments or annotations.3.
A historical narrative; a memoir or particular transactions, as the commentaries of Cesar.COMMENTARY
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
commentary
commentary
English
Noun
commentary (plural commentaries)
- A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Henry Hallam.
- A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
- An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
Synonyms
- (series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions): secondary source
Derived terms
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Translations
A series of comments or annotations
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A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
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External links
- commentary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913