commentator

CEFRC1

/ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who gives spoken opinions about an event.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who makes a commentary, particularly

Examples

  • The commentator began yelling when the referee gave the defender a second yellow card.

  • Yanni is an Algerian economic commentator.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.

  2. A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.

  3. Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.

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In context

  • He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.

  • It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.

  • Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.