commentator

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UK /ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə/ US /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/

noun 6

Collocations

(noun.) person who gives opinions on sth in the media

ADJ

influential | independent | foreign | media

cultural, economic, political, social

Sports commentators explained how the new rule would change the way teams play defense.

PREP

~ on

The sports commentator on the match provided detailed analysis throughout the game.

(noun.) person who commentates on sth

ADJ

cricket, football, rugby, sports, etc. | match, race | radio, television/TV

Definitions

noun

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day

reviewer

noun — an expert who observes and comments on something

observer

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own.

Wiktionary

He was a commentator for football two years before retiring.

Wiktionary

Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.

Wiktionary

Picasso was no clown. He was a sarcastic commentator on a confused age, a great archivist of humanity's foolishness.

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The commentator began yelling when the referee gave the defender a second yellow card.

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Yanni is an Algerian economic commentator.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, commentator is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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