comment

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01noun

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

“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”

02noun

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”

03noun

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

“the divorce caused much gossip”

04verb

make or write a comment on

“he commented the paper of his colleague”

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05verb

explain or interpret something

06verb

provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

“He annotated on what his teacher had written”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗

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