comment
/kˈɑmɛnt/
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Definitions
Noun
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
Noun
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
Noun
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
Verb
make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
Verb
explain or interpret something
Verb
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
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ad-lib
annotation
banality
barb
bromide
cliche
commonplace
conversation stopper
courtesy
crack
criticise
criticize
dig
dirt
disc-jockey
disk-jockey
DJ
earful
gambit
gibe
grapevine
hearsay
jibe
kibbitz
kibitz
knock
malicious gossip
mention
Midrash
notation
note
obiter dictum
observation
passing comment
pick apart
pipeline
platitude
ploy
quip
reference
reflection
reflexion
rib
rumor
rumour
sally
scandal
second-guess
shaft
shot
slam
stopper
talk
talk of the town
wisecrack
word of mouth
zinger