Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broadcaster or writer who reports and analyzes events in the news.
- noun One who writes or delivers a commentary or commentaries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes comments or critical and expository notes upon a book or other writing; an expositor; an annotator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
comments ; especially someone who is paid to give his/heropinions in themedia aboutcurrent affairs ,sports , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expert who observes and comments on something
- noun a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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Examples
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I don't know who this commentator is (other than the guy that takes over for espn3 in the evening in Paris), but this is what happens when you're commentating on a match you don't care about and you're all alone in the booth.
old british curmudgeon tries to narrate a women's tennis match intertribal 2010
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I agree that our average commentator is somewhere between 16 and 20 years old.
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I don't know who this commentator is (other than the guy that takes over for espn3 in the evening in Paris), but this is what happens when you're commentating on a match you don't care about and you're all alone in the booth.
intertribal: old british curmudgeon tries to narrate a women's tennis match intertribal 2010
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"I remember the state of the economy when Gordon Brown took over ... he has turned the .. around ... no economic commentator is predicting that our economy will shrink" REALLY!
Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I wonder if that sports commentator is related to Senator Feinstein?
On NFL Athletes And Guns Dave Hurteau 2008
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"I remember the state of the economy when Gordon Brown took over ... he has turned the .. around ... no economic commentator is predicting that our economy will shrink" REALLY!
Harriet Harman on the Toady programme - Live blogging Not a sheep 2008
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In it, he argued that the role of the artist as a critic and commentator is as important as that of the politician.
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Second; The Statistics about these types of sites confirm that the average commentator is a white middle class male.
Comic-Con 08: Awesome Terminator Salvation Updates - Rated R?! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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In it, he argued that the role of the artist as a critic and commentator is as important as that of the politician.
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The most remarkable commentator is Jeannette Parmenter, the daughter of one of the men whose murder was blamed on Sacco and Vanzetti.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2007
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