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

2 usually commentaries pl  a 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, account (usually commentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report, storyRelated 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