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English

Etymology

commentarius, commentarium, note book, confer commentaire. See comment.

Noun

  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.
  2. :This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Hallam.
  3. 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.


Translations

  • Polish: {{t|pl|komentarz|m}}


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Commentary \Com"men*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Commentaries. [L.
commentarius, commentarium, note book, commentary: cf. F.
commentaire. See Comment, v. 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.
[1913 Webster]

This letter . . . was published by him with a severe
commentary. --Hallam.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet commentary
n : 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" [syn: comment]
Moby Dictionary
affix
, allonge , analysis , annotation , apparatus criticus , appendix ,
coda
, codicil , comment , commentation , critical review , criticism ,
critique
, editorial , enclitic , envoi , epilogue , exegesis , footnote ,
gloss
, infix , interlineation , interpolation , leader ,
leading article
, marginalia , notation , note , note of explanation ,
notice
, obiter dictum , observation , postscript , prefix , proclitic ,
remark
, report , review , rider , running commentary , scholia ,
scholium
, suffix , tail , word of explanation , write-up


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