COMMENTATES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

commentates

verb

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

Verb

Madison Police Chief John Patterson speaks to the media after the fatal police shooting Wednesday.

— Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026
This year’s selection speaks to the creative boldness of its filmmakers, the richness of their artistic approaches and the exceptional quality of production throughout South-East Europe.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of speaks

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There are a lot of caveats that education reporter Martha Dalton explains neatly for us.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
All of that perhaps explains why Rodgers, who grew up in an evangelical Christian environment, may have rejected his family for a time.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of explains

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At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.

— Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 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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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
Jones also further expounds on the vampire’s wretched lineage and mythology through flashbacks.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Definition of expounds

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The petition says the property has been in violation of city code for over five years and the owner has received several citations for various issues including roof disrepair, unattended vegetation growth, trash and graffiti.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Outside of NGOs, legal work for openly transgender people in Nepal is virtually nonexistent, executive director Manisha Dhakal says.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of says

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That history still colors how the company talks, less like a supplement label and more like a couple of people who have been through it.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Speaking from beyond the grave, Andy Warhol talks with Jasper Dean about the latter’s love for Beat poets and Cameron Winter.

— Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

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