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com⋅ment

  [kom-ent]
–noun
1. a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
2. gossip; talk: His frequent absences gave rise to comment.
3. a criticism or interpretation, often by implication or suggestion: The play is a comment on modern society.
4. a note in explanation, expansion, or criticism of a passage in a book, article, or the like; annotation.
5. explanatory or critical matter added to a text.
6. Also called rheme. Linguistics. the part of a sentence that communicates new information about the topic. Compare topic (def. 4).
–verb (used without object)
7. to make remarks, observations, or criticisms: He refused to comment on the decision of the court.
8. to write explanatory or critical notes upon a text.
–verb (used with object)
9. to make comments or remarks on; furnish with comments; annotate.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME coment < L commentum device, fabrication (LL: interpretation, commentary), n. use of neut. of commentus (ptp. of comminīscī to devise), equiv. to com- com- + men- (base of mēns, mentis mind ) + -tus ptp. ending

Related forms:
com⋅ment⋅a⋅ble, adjective
com⋅ment⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See remark. 4. addendum, commentary. 8. annotate, elucidate.
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Word Origin & History

comment  (n.)
c.1400, L. commentum in L.L. "comment, interpretation," lit. "invention," neut. pp. of comminisci "to contrive, devise," from com- intens. prefix + base of meminisse "to remember," related to mens (gen. mentis) "mind." Original L. meaning was "something invented;" taken by Isidore and other Christian theologians for "interpretation, annotation." The verb is from c.1450. Commentator in the sports announcer sense is from 1928. No comment as a stock refusal to answer a journalist's question is first recorded 1950, from Truman's White House press secretary, Charles Ross.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: com·ment
Function: noun
1 often cap a : an essay analyzing, criticizing, or explaining a subject comment published in the Yale Law Review> b : an explanatory remark appended to a section of text (as of enacted code)
2 : an expression of an opinion or attitude about something: as a : a remark to a jury by a judge or prosecutor about evidence
NOTE: A prosecutor may not remark to the jury that a defendant's failure to testify implies guilt, and a judge may not remark to the jury his or her opinion about what the evidence does or does not prove. b : a written expression of opinion or information solicited by an agency about a subject of its rulemaking —see also INFORMAL RULEMAKING
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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