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Webster 1913 Edition


Commentate

Com′men-tate

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[L.
commentatus
, p. p. of
commentari
to meditate.]
To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.
[R.]
Commentate
upon it, and return it enriched.
Lamb.

Definition 2024


commentate

commentate

English

Verb

commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)

  1. To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.
    For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.

Usage notes

Sometimes proscribed as an unnecessary or uneducated backformation, with comment and provide commentary preferred.

Translations


Italian

Verb

commentate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of commentare
  2. second-person plural imperative of commentare
  3. feminine plural of commentato

Latin

Participle

commentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of commentātus