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# commentary

«commentary» in Mova's school dictionary: **A spoken description of an event, such as a football…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a commentary, commentaries; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A spoken description of an event, such as a football match or race, given while it happens on TV or radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#m1)

2) A set of written notes that explain a book, such as a Bible commentary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#m2)

3) Opinions and remarks about something: «social commentary». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children hear sports commentary; in church a Bible commentary explains verses. In English lessons pupils write commentaries on poems or give a running commentary of a science experiment. Phrases: «live commentary», «running commentary» (non-stop comments), «Bible commentary», «a commentary on».

### examples

- We listened to the radio commentary of the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x1)
- The commentary got very excited when she scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x2)
- Stop giving a running commentary on everything I do! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x3)
- The vicar uses a Bible commentary to prepare sermons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x4)
- The film has a director's commentary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x5)
- The cartoon is a commentary on how people waste plastic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/#x6)

### note

Plural commentaries. The person is a commentator; the verb is «commentate» (sport) or «comment». Stress: COM-men-tary (in the USA often COM-men-tair-ee).

### In the corpora

- [In commentary and response, the second team builds on the first team's ideas and raises questions, rather than attacking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commentary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commentary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.