comment (n.)

  1. a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account

    [ Syn: remark , input ]

  2. 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: commentary ]

  3. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; the divorce caused much gossip

    [ Syn: gossip , scuttlebutt ]

    comment (v.)

  1. make or write a comment on; he commented the paper of his colleague

    [ Syn: notice , remark , point out ]

  2. explain or interpret something

  3. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; He annotated on what his teacher had written

    [ Syn: gloss , annotate ]

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