Comment

Pronunciation

UK IPA: /ËˆkÉ’mÉ›nt/
US IPA: /ËˆkÉ‘mÉ›nt/

Origin

From Old French coment ("commentary"), from Late Latin commentum, from comminisci ("to invent").

Full definition of comment

Noun

comment

(plural comments)

A spoken remark.I have no comment on that.
(programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.

Verb

(transitive) To remark.

2003, 7/05, w, Analysis: Top film choices, I think Mamet always comments that commerce really comes down to just a confidence game
2009, Winter, John M. Kang, Manliness and the Constitution, As Cambridge historian Mervyn James commented, "silly quarrels escalated into battles in the streets."

(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
(transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
(transitive, software) To insert comments into (source code).I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.

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