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{
"term": "commentary",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a spoken description of an event that is given while it is happening, especially on the radio or television",
"sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sports commentary"
},
{
"text": "I was listening to the radio commentary on the game."
},
{
"text": "The station provided live commentary on the African Nations Cup."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports", "TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["brief", "live", "running"],
"verb + commentary": ["do", "give", "keep up"],
"commentary + noun": ["box", "track"],
"preposition": ["commentary on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a written explanation or discussion of something such as a book or a play",
"sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a critical commentary on the final speech of the play"
},
{
"text": "The deleted scenes have an optional commentary by the director."
},
{
"text": "He wrote a commentary on Paul's Letters to the Romans."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["detailed", "critical", "political"],
"verb + commentary": ["provide", "offer", "write"],
"preposition": ["commentary on"],
"phrases": ["be a sad commentary (on something)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a criticism or discussion of something",
"sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The petty quarrels were a sad commentary on the state of the government."
},
{
"text": "The movie is a biting commentary on contemporary life in a big city."
},
{
"text": "political commentary"
},
{
"text": "The novel provides a powerful social commentary on post-war Germany."
},
{
"text": "The film is part love story and part social commentary."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["detailed", "critical", "political"],
"verb + commentary": ["provide", "offer", "write"],
"preposition": ["commentary on"],
"phrases": ["be a sad commentary (on something)"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒməntri/",
"audio": "co/commentary/commentary__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmənteri/",
"audio": "co/commentary/commentary__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin commentarius, commentarium (adjective, used as a noun), from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise’."
}