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A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
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comment
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A spoken remark. 2 (lb en programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To remark. 2 (lb en intransitive with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes. 3 (lb en transitive obsolete) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French coment "commentary" or directly from Late Latin commentum "comment, interpretation," in classical Latin "invention, fabrication, fiction," neuter past participle of comminisci "to contrive, devise," from com- , intensive prefix ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES caustic wit/comments/remark etc ▪ Eliot appreciated Pound’s caustic wit. cautionary note/comment/words etc ▪ Most observers were optimistic, yet some sounded a cautionary note . cryptic remark/comment/statement etc ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In computer programming , a comment is a programmer-readable annotation in the source code of a computer program . They are added with the purpose of making the source code easier to understand, and are generally ignored by compilers and interpreters . ...
Usage examples of comment.
I was sitting there listening to her go on about abortion, I casually made an off-mike comment to my call screener that I wished I could abort this call.
None of the men in the household showed any more interest in the state of her health after Keith had commented on the acetone smell.
I said, would be some excuse, if you were not from a prominent family on Altiplano, and if you had not previously commented on the greater formality of manners there.
After that, he made a series of aphoristic comments which some have taken to be poems, and other have taken to be seeds for future scientific research.
Reesta commented while winking and giving Arak a nudge with his elbow.
Neither Gaar nor I liked that comment, but we kept silent while Arem babbled on about what a great fighter Gaar was, and how he should join the Army.
May, 2002, giving the gist of the above and also commenting that it was all a result of baseless hysteria, and there had never been a shred of evidence that insulating buildings with asbestos was harmful to health.
The nobleman commented briefly on these diverse kinds of love, but when he came to the love of God he began to soar, and I was greatly astonished to see Marcoline shedding tears, which she wiped away hastily as if to hide them from the sight of the worthy old man whom wine had made more theological than usual.
To the new and fascinating duties of his chosen profession he at once devoted himself with such ardor as to draw favorable comment from his superiors.
His comments on the habitats of certain avifauna were matters to which he had given wholehearted consideration.
Standing at the phone, Barbie covered the mouthpiece with her hand to offer the comment.
He stood up and strode toward the bawd, ignoring the shouts and ribald comments.
Ibou pored over a thick roll of yellowing parchment that smelled powerfully of sheep skin and on which, to his infinite lack of interest, various sums and comments were recorded relative to the Varna beylic for the year 1677, he popped the question.
Quant au binocle, que tu appelles, je crois, Rouxpainsel ou Ratpainsel, ou je ne sais comment, quel homme est-ce, je te prie?
Waving it to a stop, he picked four two-comet subofficers from his own group to act as an escort, shooed them into the new craft along with the biped who entered without comment or protest.