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commentator

[ kom-uhn-tey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.
  2. a person who makes commentaries.


commentator

/ ˈɒəˌٱɪə /

noun

  1. a person who provides a spoken commentary for a broadcast, film, etc, esp of a sporting event
  2. a person who writes notes on a text, event, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • dz··ٲ·ٴ·· [k, uh, -men-t, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
  • dz·t·ٴ۾·· adverb
  • p·dzm·ٲtǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commentator1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin dzԳٴǰ interpreter, equivalent to dzԳ ( ī ) to interpret ( Latin: to think about, prepare, discuss, write, perhaps frequentative of dzīī to devise; comment ) + Latin -tor -tor
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In recent years he has repositioned himself as a right-wing commentator, activist and aspiring politician.

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Online commentators noted that the schoolboy's killing happened on a politically sensitive date - 18 September, the anniversary of an incident that led to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in China in the early 1930s.

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Social commentator and civil rights activist Laura Miti accused the US embassy of "hypocrisy", while also labelling the new law "tyrannical".

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Conservative Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham wanted athletes to “shut up and dribble” and the Dodgers are doing the baseball equivalent of just that.

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While he also said that "narcotics trafficking plays an absolutely central part in all of this", some commentators felt that he failed to express sympathy with the victims and their families.

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