comment
/ˈkɑmɛnt/ verb B2- To remark.
- To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. · He commented about your proposal.· The movie comments on race relations.
- 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.
He/she/it comments · Past commented · Past participle commented · -ing form commenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- comment
- He/she/it
- comments
- Past
- commented
- Past participle
- commented
- -ing form
- commenting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Everyone, therefore, ran to the court; some to witness the sight, others to comment upon it.
The magistrates freely discussed their political views; the military part of the company talked unreservedly of Moscow and Leipsic, while the women commented on the divorce of Josephine.
This prospect of fresh festivity redoubled the hilarity of the guests to such a degree, that the elder Dantès, who, at the commencement of the repast, had commented upon the silence that prevailed, now found it difficult, amid the general din of voices, to obtain a moment’s tranquillity in which to drink to the health and prosperity of the bride and bridegroom.
It had also been noted and commented upon by a few observant people that there were signs sometimes of some nerve-strain upon the part of Mrs.
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