Commentary
noun
Detailed explanation or interpretation of something.
The book is a commentary on the social and political issues of the time.
Often appears as...
- provide commentary
- social commentary
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Academic
noun
Spoken or written discussion about a particular event or situation in real time, often on television or radio.
The live commentary of the football match kept the audience engaged.
Often appears as...
- sports commentary
- live commentary
noun
A series of comments or annotations, especially a book of explanations or expositions on the entire or a part of the Bible.
The pastor's commentary on the book of Genesis gave a deeper understanding of the text.
Often appears as...
- biblical commentary
- theological commentary
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Religious
noun
An expression of opinions or offering of explanations or interpretations.
His speech was filled with a thoughtful commentary on the current economic situation.
Often appears as...
- political commentary
- social commentary
noun
Detailed explanation or interpretation of something.
The book is a commentary on the social and political issues of the time.
Often appears as...
- provide commentary
- social commentary
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Spoken or written discussion about a particular event or situation in real time, often on television or radio.
The live commentary of the football match kept the audience engaged.
Often appears as...
- sports commentary
- live commentary
noun
A series of comments or annotations, especially a book of explanations or expositions on the entire or a part of the Bible.
The pastor's commentary on the book of Genesis gave a deeper understanding of the text.
Often appears as...
- biblical commentary
- theological commentary
Usage tips
Religious
noun
An expression of opinions or offering of explanations or interpretations.
His speech was filled with a thoughtful commentary on the current economic situation.
Often appears as...
- political commentary
- social commentary
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Pro Tip 1/2Academic Insight
Used to provide a deeper understanding of academic topics, often found in textbooks.
Her commentary on quantum mechanics clarified complex ideas.
Pro Tip 2/2Analyzing Events
Can apply to historic, cultural, or current events, offering perspective and critique.
His commentary on the election process revealed unseen dynamics.
Pro Tip 1/2Academic Insight
Used to provide a deeper understanding of academic topics, often found in textbooks.
Her commentary on quantum mechanics clarified complex ideas.
Pro Tip 2/2Analyzing Events
Can apply to historic, cultural, or current events, offering perspective and critique.
His commentary on the election process revealed unseen dynamics.
Pro Tip 1/2Academic Insight
Used to provide a deeper understanding of academic topics, often found in textbooks.
Her commentary on quantum mechanics clarified complex ideas.
Pro Tip 2/2Analyzing Events
Can apply to historic, cultural, or current events, offering perspective and critique.
His commentary on the election process revealed unseen dynamics.
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Making stories come to...
and and it was a huge success it won awards but the biggest success was it reached hundreds of thousands if not millions of people from all walks of life academic school kids film birth loads of people knew about this project and it touched him and they could have their own commentary on it and what that
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Amy Smith: Simple...
Compared to the sugarcane charcoal, where we have to teach people how to form it into briquettes and you have the extra step of cooking the binder, this comes pre-briquetted. And this is about the most exciting thing in my life right now, which is perhaps a sad commentary on my life.
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Can love and independence...
and Janie’s life is full of complicated characters who demand different kinds of love and submission. But despite the loneliness of her situation, Janie navigates these trials with defiance and curiosity. Her questions and commentary push back in subtle, clever ways.
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What's your 200-year...
I'll never cartoon again. I said, I'm never going to make any honest public commentary again. But of course I continued creating artwork that was honest and raw, because I forgot about how people reacted to my work. You know, sometimes forgetting
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The Problem with Super...
everything else is commentary life at every level is constantly performing this balancing act between being competitive enough to win at its level while cooperative enough to win at the next higher level so i mean the cancerous cell is good for
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What is the Heisenberg...
from literary criticism to sports commentary. Uncertainty is often explained as a result of measurement, that the act of measuring an object's position changes its speed, or vice versa. The real origin is much deeper and more amazing.
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The princess who rewrote...
to classical literature, rhetoric, history, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. One scholar even complained that her constant requests for more Aristotle commentaries were wearing out his eyes. At age fifteen,
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Racism has a cost for...
It's been viewed over eight million times and inspired waves of social media commentary and news coverage. And I think people were surprised that a black woman would show such compassion for a prejudiced white man,
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How science fiction can...
In works that often combine entertainment and social commentary, we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense,
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Karen Armstrong: Let's...
That is the Torah and everything else is only commentary." And the rabbis and the early fathers of the church who said that any interpretation of scripture that bred hatred and disdain was illegitimate.
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Making stories come to...
and and it was a huge success it won awards but the biggest success was it reached hundreds of thousands if not millions of people from all walks of life academic school kids film birth loads of people knew about this project and it touched him and they could have their own commentary on it and what that
Video examples
Amy Smith: Simple...
Compared to the sugarcane charcoal, where we have to teach people how to form it into briquettes and you have the extra step of cooking the binder, this comes pre-briquetted. And this is about the most exciting thing in my life right now, which is perhaps a sad commentary on my life.
Video examples
Can love and independence...
and Janie’s life is full of complicated characters who demand different kinds of love and submission. But despite the loneliness of her situation, Janie navigates these trials with defiance and curiosity. Her questions and commentary push back in subtle, clever ways.
Video examples
What's your 200-year...
I'll never cartoon again. I said, I'm never going to make any honest public commentary again. But of course I continued creating artwork that was honest and raw, because I forgot about how people reacted to my work. You know, sometimes forgetting
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The Problem with Super...
everything else is commentary life at every level is constantly performing this balancing act between being competitive enough to win at its level while cooperative enough to win at the next higher level so i mean the cancerous cell is good for
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What is the Heisenberg...
from literary criticism to sports commentary. Uncertainty is often explained as a result of measurement, that the act of measuring an object's position changes its speed, or vice versa. The real origin is much deeper and more amazing.
Video examples
The princess who rewrote...
to classical literature, rhetoric, history, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. One scholar even complained that her constant requests for more Aristotle commentaries were wearing out his eyes. At age fifteen,
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Racism has a cost for...
It's been viewed over eight million times and inspired waves of social media commentary and news coverage. And I think people were surprised that a black woman would show such compassion for a prejudiced white man,
Video examples
How science fiction can...
In works that often combine entertainment and social commentary, we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense,
Video examples
Karen Armstrong: Let's...
That is the Torah and everything else is only commentary." And the rabbis and the early fathers of the church who said that any interpretation of scripture that bred hatred and disdain was illegitimate.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people who otherwise had little or no interest in sport - especially as an important part of our human culture.
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Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
Literally every time I'm on camera, as well as there being commentary on what I've said, there'll be commentary on what my hair looked like, what I wear. Often it's written in the most hideous and quite cruel way.
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Gary Bettman
American Businessman
There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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Pankaj Tripathi
Indian Actor
I am an aware citizen, so I want my characters to be aware, too. They should be aware of what's happening in the society and make a commentary. They're not in a la la land.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.
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Kate Nash
English Musician
Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.
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Phil Taylor
British Athlete
People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth?
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Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
I've been doing breathing routines for years. It is massive. It helped me in commentary as well.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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Tito Ortiz
American Athlete
The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds.
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Frank Deford
American Writer
The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people who otherwise had little or no interest in sport - especially as an important part of our human culture.
Quote examples
Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
Literally every time I'm on camera, as well as there being commentary on what I've said, there'll be commentary on what my hair looked like, what I wear. Often it's written in the most hideous and quite cruel way.
Quote examples
Gary Bettman
American Businessman
There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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Pankaj Tripathi
Indian Actor
I am an aware citizen, so I want my characters to be aware, too. They should be aware of what's happening in the society and make a commentary. They're not in a la la land.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.
Quote examples
Kate Nash
English Musician
Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.
Quote examples
Phil Taylor
British Athlete
People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth?
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Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
I've been doing breathing routines for years. It is massive. It helped me in commentary as well.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
Quote examples
Tito Ortiz
American Athlete
The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds.
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