Meaning

1 senses

  1. To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.

    For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.

    kommentieren

More definitions
  • serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
  • make a commentary on

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You were commentating on the games.

    deDu kommentiertest die Spiele. — Tamy

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  2. You were commentating on the matches.

    deDu kommentiertest die Spiele. — Tamy

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to provide commentary:

Origin

Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Back-formation from commentator. Equivalent to comment + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

commentates, commentating, commentated, commentated
Base formcommentate · to commentate
3rd person singularcommentates
Present participlecommentating
Past simplecommentated
Past participlecommentated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycommentate
he, she, itcommentates

Past simpleLesson

all personscommentated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave commentated
he, she, ithas commentated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill commentate

Word family

3 related words
Relatedcommentarycommentcommentator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
commensurateC2commentB1commentarycommentatorcommerceB2commercialB2
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