COMMENTATES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

commentates

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present tense third-person singular of commentate

as in annotates

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Pretending to be the smart person who annotates their books can lead to becoming that person.

— Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of annotates

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Sprouse explains that Wade is a British television presenter who hosts shows about aquatic animals with names like Dark Waters, Mighty Rivers, and River Monsters.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026
Creatine is a natural compound that your body produces and uses for energy, Basbaum explains.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

Definition of explains

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Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026

Definition of utters

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Jones also further expounds on the vampire’s wretched lineage and mythology through flashbacks.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
In the latter category is the childhood home of Mary (Renate Reinsve), a psychiatrist who confidently expounds her therapeutic philosophy in her sessions with clients and on late-night TV commercials promoting her self-help audio cassette tapes.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026

Definition of expounds

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Israel retaliated with a massive military offensive that has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, around half of them women and children.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The Lodging Association letter, which was written by executive director Fred Tayco, says charging hotels a flat fee could violate Proposition 26’s requirements that fees not exceed the reasonable cost of providing a service.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of says

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When a model reasons about revenue, that concept needs to carry the same meaning whether the agent pulls from a data warehouse, queries a CRM or interprets a downstream report.

— Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Operators assign a destination, and the onboard software plans routes, interprets terrain, and controls the vehicle without continuous human input.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026

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