English-Thai Dictionary

commentary

N คำวิจารณ์  comment criticism kam-wi-jan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMENTARY

n. 1. A comment; exposition; explanation; illustration of difficult and obscure passages in an author.
2. A book of comments or annotations.
3. A historical narrative; a memoir or particular transactions, as the commentaries of Cesar.

 

COMMENTARY

v.t.To write notes upon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMENTARY

Com "men *ta *ry, n.; pl. Commentaries. Etym: [L. commentarius,commentarium, note book, commentary: cf. F. commentaire. See Comment, v. i.]

 

1. A series of comments or annotations; esp. , a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work. This letter. .. was published by him with a severe commentary. Hallam.

 

2. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commentary

com men tar y |ˈkämənˌterē ˈkɑmənˌtɛri | ▶noun ( pl. commentaries ) an expression of opinions or offering of explanations explanations about an event or situation: an editorial commentary | narrative overlaid with commentary. • a descriptive spoken account (esp. on a broadcast ) of an event or performance as it happens. • a set of explanatory or critical notes on a text: a commentary on the Old Testament. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin commentarius, commentarium (adjective, used as a noun ), from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

commentary

com |men |tary |ˈkɒmənt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. commentaries ) an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation: a biting social commentary about the divide between rich and poor | an editorial commentary | [ mass noun ] : a narrative overlaid with commentary. • a descriptive spoken account (especially on a broadcast ) of an event or performance as it happens: a live commentary on radio. • a set of explanatory or critical notes on a text: a commentary on the Old Testament. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin commentarius, commentarium (adjective, used as a noun ), from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

commentary

commentary noun 1 the soccer commentary: narration, description, account, report, review. 2 textual commentary: explanation, elucidation, interpretation, exegesis, analysis; assessment, appraisal, criticism; notes, comments.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

commentary

commentary noun 1 he spent the morning listening to the test match commentary: narration, description, account, report, review, analysis. 2 the second volume contains detailed textual commentary: explanation, explication, elucidation, exegesis, examination, interpretation, analysis; criticism, critical analysis, critique, assessment, appraisal, opinion; notes, footnotes, comments, weblog, blog; rare scholia.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

commentary

com men tar y /kɑ́məntèri |kɔ́mənt (ə )ri /→comment 名詞 複 -ies /-z /1 C U (テレビ ラジオの ) «…の » 実況解説 [報道 ] «on » ▸ do a World Cup final commentary ワールドカップ決勝戦の実況中継をする ▸ a commentary box (競技場 放送局内の )実況放送室 2 C «…についての » 解説記事 [書 ] «on » ▸ a newspaper commentary 新聞の解説記事 3 U C «…についての » 論評 , 解説 , 批判 «on , about » ▸ do commentary on [about ] the news ニュースの解説をする 4 C 〖-ies 〗事実 [事件 ]の記録 ; 実録 .