commentary

commentary

noun

Definition of COMMENTARY

1

a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event) <the TV anchors provided a running commentary on the parade>

Synonyms analysis, comment, exposition, play-by-play

Related Words annotation, explication; descant (also discant), note, observation, remark; report, review, write-up

usually commentaries pla relating of events usually in the order in which they happened <the general's commentaries on his military campaigns rank among the best firsthand accounts of the war>

Synonyms chronicle, chronology, commentary (usually commentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report, story

Related Words version; deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness; annals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir; minutes, procès-verbal; anecdote, tale, yarn; epic, saga; gest (or geste), romance; recital, recitation; case history, case study