Associations to the word «Commentary»

COMMENTARY, noun. A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

COMMENTARY, noun. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

COMMENTARY, noun. An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

COMMENTARY, noun. A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal".