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Webster 1913 Edition


Commentary

Com′men-ta-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Commentaries
(#)
.
[L.
commentarius
,
commentarium
, note book, commentary: cf. F.
commentaire
. See
Comment
,
Verb.
I.
]
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 War
.

Webster 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.
To write notes upon.

Definition 2024


commentary

commentary

English

Noun

commentary (plural commentaries)

  1. 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.
  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 War.
  3. 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

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External links

  • commentary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913