to commentate
- verb
- /ˈkɒmənˌteɪt/
- Literature
- Someone who is happy to help me commentate on a little YouTube video.
No, no, I'm purely going to be commentating, maybe doing a little refing.
- No, no, I'm purely going to be commentating, maybe doing a little refing.
- And I don't think I'll be around, well, at least not commentating.
- Ian Sterling commentates on Trump arriving in the UK tonight.
- I was on Al Jazeera, but it was more of me, like the bring me on to commentate and not ask about me.
- So one thing I realized when I'm over there, when I sat over there, you can hear the commentators commentating the fights, You can hear what's going on.
- I, I remember in Brazil, I was Co commentating with Guy Mowbray and I think it was, I can't remember.
- And then also the, the number of days I year, the number of days I do a year commentating.
Examples
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Well, we seem to have lost our link to the studio for the moment, but we will carry on commentating regardless of course.
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When it came to commentating, he was great.
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"Look, I admit I have been very proud to commentate on Armstrong over these years because I have seen a man ...
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Also, I wish Barton Lynch could commentate more often.
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I'm talking about commentating a good game and covering baseball.
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OK, so shortly after I went straight from the London Olympics where I was commentating for the Today Show, I went straight to Dancing with the Stars.
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He was so good at commentating because he knew all the tricks as a trainer and as a manager.
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I was not a fan of Barton Lynch, the pro surfer, but I thoroughly enjoy every heat he commentates on the World Tour!
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Live game coverage is provided by www.TheRamRadio.com featuring Brian Holt along with Worth students Tanner Anderson and Raven Lawrence commentating.
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Last night, the expert will commentate on the exciting match between Liverpool and Manchester United.
Synonyms
To tell a story, usually by speaking or writing
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Etymology
Commentate comes from the familiar word comment ('a remark' or 'something you say') and the ending -ate which means 'to make', so to commentate is to 'make comments' about an event as it happens, usually by speaking on radio or television.