commentator

«commentator» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who describes a sports match or event as it… — 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 commentator, commentators)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who describes a sports match or event as it happens, on TV, radio or online. tree →

2) A person who writes or speaks about news and gives opinions on it: a political commentator. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, football, cricket and rugby commentators describe the action on TV or radio. In English lessons pupils sometimes write or perform commentary. Phrases: sports commentator, football commentator, running commentary.

examples

• The commentator shouted "Goal!" tree →
• The cricket commentator explained the rules for new viewers. tree →
• She wants to be a sports commentator on the radio. tree →
• The commentator said the score was 3–1 with ten minutes left. tree →
• My little brother gave a running commentary of the whole game. tree →
• Political commentators argued about the new law on TV. tree →

note

Countable. The verb is commentate (or comment); the activity is commentary. A commentator gives the play-by-play; a pundit gives expert opinions.

In the corpora

• A news report tells what happened; an opinion piece or commentator says what someone thinks about it.

Trees and pragmatics

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