to comment
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1.7
- verb
- /ˈkɑːmɛnt/
- Can you comment on how the new policy will affect employees?
- declined to comment
- comment on the draft
- ask to comment
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- I don't know if you can comment on why that is.
- Be sure to like, comment and subscribe.
- Subscribe and like below, make sure you comment and subscribe to this channel.
- Of course I can't comment, I'm not a heptapod.
- And you guys mostly commented both both, both both both.
Examples
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One administrator interviewed during the study commented, "There is national attention on standards, technology, etc."
Academic text (2015) -
So comment below, let me know if you guys are gonna check these out.
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But would you, would you like to comment more on the subject?
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Uh, General, you care to comment on this?
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Do you care to comment on those reports?
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Can you comment on the Justice Department's decision this morning?
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Parents will comment on their children, and teachers will comment on their students in the therapy group.
Academic text (2011) -
Thus far, investigators are refusing to comment on the incident.
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We then invited students in the library to comment on the posters, noting what they saw.
Academic text (2013) -
General Devereaux, would you care to comment on the charges?
Synonyms
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2.1
To say or write something as a comment
81
4.1
To make a careful comment, often in a formal situation
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7.9
To say what you think about something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
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3.5
A short answer saying you will not give information, often to journalists
Compounds
- Offensive
A comment that says bad things about the speaker's own ethnic group
- Offensive
An online comment that defends the Chinese government, often paid or organized
How Forceful
217
3.9
- Formal
118
3.5
720
1.7
84
2.1
- Formal
81
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Comment comes from an old Latin root ment meaning 'mind' or 'thought', like in mental. So to comment is to give a short thought or opinion about something.