Sekirov Dictionary

comment

UK /ˈkɒmɛnt/US /ˈkɑmɛnt/

noun 4
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 2

noun4

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an opinion or a reaction that someone shares in a few spoken or written words
- I have no comment on that.
- Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.
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The act of commenting.
- People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent. — 1961
A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

verb5

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To remark.
- I think Mamet always comments that commerce really comes down to just a confidence game — 2003
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To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
- He commented about your proposal.
- The movie comments on race relations.
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To insert comments into (source code).
- I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.
To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
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(no longer used) To comment or remark on.
- […]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof — 1677

forms

commented · commenting · comments

Phrases with comment

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