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Comment   /kˈɑmɛnt/   Listen
Comment

noun
1.
A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.  Synonyms: input, remark.
2.
A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.  Synonym: commentary.
3.
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.  Synonyms: gossip, scuttlebutt.
verb
(past & past part. commented; pres. part. commenting)
1.
Make or write a comment on.  Synonyms: notice, point out, remark.
2.
Explain or interpret something.
3.
Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.  Synonyms: annotate, gloss.



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"Comment" Quotes from Famous Books



... etc.; and giving assurances that the meritorious services of all persons who should aid and assist in restoring tranquillity would be duly rewarded. Washington forwarded these papers to congress, by whom they were published in the newspapers, with a comment calculated to destroy their effects. At the same time Lord Howe opened a direct communication with Washington; but that general taking offence at the letter being simply directed to "George Washington, Esq.," raised a cavil on ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
... went to school, and no further comment need be made about it; but we will go on to explain that a young lady related to her had at one time been given in marriage to a descendant (of the eldest branch) of the Chia family, (whose names were written) with the jade radical, Chia Huang by name; but how could the whole ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... irritable instinct was to refuse. Why should he go out of his way to make himself a show for all these eyes? Then a secret excitement—an expectation—awoke in him, and he nodded a laughing comment to Lady Alice, who just stayed to throw him a mocking compliment on his knee-breeches, and ran away. Immediately afterwards, the royal party came through the lane made for them, shaking hands with their acquaintance, and bowing right and left. As they disappeared into the room beyond, which had ...
— Lady Connie • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... fare—very plain indeed it was—occasioned a good deal of comment among our friends. They were afraid we would starve but we didn't. We were all splendidly well, kept in fine condition and in the best of high spirits. The very few-cases of sickness on the place were every one of them brought there from ...
— My Friends at Brook Farm • John Van Der Zee Sears
... officer instructed with the care of the vessel, he wished him a pleasant watch, and sought the refreshment of his own cot. For an hour the young lieutenant lay musing on the events of the day. The remark of Barnstable would occur to him, in connection with the singular comment of the boy; and then his thoughts would recur to the pilot, who, taken from the hostile shores of Britain, and with her accent on his tongue, had served them so faithfully and so well. He remembered the anxiety of Captain Munson to procure this stranger, at the very ...
— The Pilot • J. Fenimore Cooper


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