/kɑˈmɛnts/ - [kaments] -
We found 3 definitions of comments from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: comments |
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comment - 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" | ||
commentary | ||
statement a document showing credits and debits | ||
midrash (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text | ||
comment - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" | ||
remark, input | ||
statement a document showing credits and debits | ||
ad-lib remark made spontaneously without prior preparation; "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians" | ||
courtesy a courteous or respectful or considerate act | ||
ploy, gambit a maneuver in a game or conversation | ||
passing comment, obiter dictum an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding | ||
mention, reference an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention" | ||
observation, reflexion, reflection the act of observing; taking a patient look | ||
rib support resembling the rib of an animal | ||
wisecrack, quip, sally, crack witty remark | ||
gibe, jibe, barb, slam, dig, shaft, shot one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | ||
conversation stopper, stopper a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply | ||
banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude, bromide a trite or obvious remark | ||
comment - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" | ||
gossip, scuttlebutt | ||
report, account a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" | ||
earful an outpouring of gossip | ||
hearsay, rumor, rumour gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | ||
word of mouth, grapevine, pipeline gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" | ||
malicious gossip, scandal, dirt disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people | ||
Verb |
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comment - make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" | ||
notice, remark, point out | ||
remark, mention, note, observe commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" | ||
pick apart, criticise, criticize, knock act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either" | ||
wisecrack make a comment, usually ironic | ||
kibbitz, kibitz make unwanted and intrusive comments | ||
comment - explain or interpret something | ||
explicate, explain elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" | ||
second-guess evaluate or criticize with hindsight | ||
disc-jockey, disk-jockey, dj comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend" | ||
comment - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" | ||
gloss, annotate | ||
rede, interpret give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |