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COMMENTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commentate mean?
• COMMENTATE (verb)
The verb COMMENTATE has 2 senses:
2. serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
Familiarity information: COMMENTATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: commentated
Past participle: commentated
-ing form: commentating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a commentary on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "commentate" is one way to...):
interpret; rede (give an interpretation or explanation to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
comment; commentary (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material)
commentator (a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "commentate" is one way to...):
interpret; rede (give an interpretation or explanation to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
comment (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)
commentator (an expert who observes and comments on something)
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