English Explanatory Dictionary

comment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spoken or written remark.
  2. The act of commenting.
  3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
  4. A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
verb
  1. To remark.
  2. To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
  3. To comment or remark on.
  4. To insert comments into (source code).
  5. To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒm.ɛnt/ /ˈkɑ.mɛnt/ en-us-comment.ogg /kə.menʈ/ /kɔː.menʈ/

Word forms

comment comments commenting commented

Etymology

From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

Synonyms

rheme

Related words

pragma document

Derived words

block comment comment clause commentize commentless comment section commentworthy conditional comment C-style comment fair comment fairy comment honest comment letter of comment metacomment miscomment no comment notice and comment public comment sidebar comment subcomment commentable commentary commentate commentator recomment undercommented comment out uncomment
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