commentary

«commentary» in Mova's school dictionary: A spoken description of an event, such as a football… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a commentary, commentaries; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A spoken description of an event, such as a football match or race, given while it happens on TV or radio. tree →

2) A set of written notes that explain a book, such as a Bible commentary. tree →

3) Opinions and remarks about something: «social commentary». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children hear sports commentary; in church a Bible commentary explains verses. In English lessons pupils write commentaries on poems or give a running commentary of a science experiment. Phrases: «live commentary», «running commentary» (non-stop comments), «Bible commentary», «a commentary on».

examples

• We listened to the radio commentary of the match. tree →
• The commentary got very excited when she scored. tree →
• Stop giving a running commentary on everything I do! tree →
• The vicar uses a Bible commentary to prepare sermons. tree →
• The film has a director's commentary. tree →
• The cartoon is a commentary on how people waste plastic. tree →

note

Plural commentaries. The person is a commentator; the verb is «commentate» (sport) or «comment». Stress: COM-men-tary (in the USA often COM-men-tair-ee).

In the corpora

• In commentary and response, the second team builds on the first team's ideas and raises questions, rather than attacking.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «commentary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.