commentate

verb

Definition of commentatenext
1
as in to explain

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2
as in to speak

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Recent Examples of commentate Landon Donovan is returning to Fox Sports’ World Cup commentating team this summer. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 McMichael appeared briefly with the WWF before going on to wrestle and commentate for World Championship Wrestling for five years. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 Although the Nickelodeon characters won't be commentating this year, another network will carry the big game – minus the slime. — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 4 Feb. 2026 The group interrupted the church service while Lemon commentated as the anti-ICE protest unfolded. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commentate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentate
  1. explain
  2. speak
  3. interpret
  4. say
  5. annotate
  6. talk
  7. expound
  8. tell
Verb
  • Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Cieloween explained that the moves shown by participants vary widely.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of explain
Verb
  • In the Arabic-speaking pic, Barhom stars as Hichem, a customs officer on the Algerian-Tunisian border, who tries to provide a decent life for his wife Leila and little daughter Zineb.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Mays declined to speak to CNN but a friend and fellow lawyer, Richard Jaffe, passed along a statement from him.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of speak
Verb
  • The look at Anthony Bourdain’s early years (much of it liberally interpreted) expanded nicely after doing robust business in limited release.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026
  • So that’s a really positive way to interpret this experience.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of interpret
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  • But the federal agency that has required companies to collect and report demographic workforce data since 1966 is now working to end that practice, a move some critics say would be a huge blow to civil rights enforcement.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Ferndale school officials say high school students gained experience through drone filming crews, race-day event management and supervised flight projects.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of say
Verb
  • My team has had projects with perfectly annotated and stabilized data that was so limited that their model couldn’t perform accurately at scale.
    — Klaudia Zaika, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The two identical charts annotate the setup in different ways.
    — Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 26 June 2026
Definition of annotate
Verb
  • Instead of speaking only about the Beautiful Game, Eason would talk to Diomandé about his mother, who suffers from long-term health issues, and genuinely cared about the person behind the player.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Founded in 2009, the group has bloomed into a small empire—we’re talking nearly 70 of the South’s favorite restaurants, hotels, bars, and cafes, plus another dozen or so in development—with thoughtful intention.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of talk
Verb
  • In 2002 Thompson’s children expounded on the story and took issue with a number of Lange’s recollections, particularly that the family had sold their tires for food.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But Supreme Court scholars and the public alike seldom pay much attention to concurring opinions, in which a justice expounds on the views of their colleagues in the majority.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 9 July 2026
Definition of expound
Verb
  • He was told to wait on a bench at the sixth station of the Fujinomiya trail as his father and brother continued their ascent, the report said.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Rabah told The Associated Press that two settlers arrived with a tractor at his home in Khirbet al-Rakeez in the southern West Bank on Saturday afternoon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Commentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commentate. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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