commentator
A person who makes a commentary, particularlyA person who makes a commentary, particularly: A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
» Tom is a sports commentator.
Meaning
6 sensesA person who makes a commentary, particularly
A person who compiles explanations and critical notes on a text.
A person who compiles explanations of the law, particularly (historical) comparatively innovative European jurists in the 14th century, as opposed to earlier glossators.
A person who compiles explanations of biblical passages.
A person who provides an instantaneous description of a public event, particularly a sporting event, for a mass media audience.
He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.
A person who provides analysis or opinion on current events, especially for a mass media audience.
(obsolete, rare)Synonym of historian or chronicler, a person who compiles an annotated history.
- a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
- an expert who observes and comments on something
Examples
18 sentencesTom is a sports commentator.
Some commentators have observed that we are living in a post-truth age.
Деякі коментатори зауважили, що ми живемо у віці пост-правди. — deniko
ruНекоторые комментаторы заметили, что мы живём в веке пост-правды. — Selena777
"That was a terrible miss!" cried the commentators.
Conservative commentators are laughing at how stupid their listeners and readers are.
The commentator began yelling when the referee gave the defender a second yellow card.
deDer Kommentator fing an zu schreien, als der Schiedsrichter dem Abwehrspieler eine zweite gelbe Karte zeigte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interIn 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.
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