commentating

verb

present participle of commentate
1
as in interpreting

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2
as in speaking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commentating
  1. interpreting
  2. speaking
  3. annotating
  4. talking
  5. explaining
  6. saying
  7. glossing
  8. commenting
Verb
  • The native vision capability in Kimi K3 enables visual-to-code generation and supports real-world software engineering tasks that require interpreting screenshots and visual layouts.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The repetition of spotting weak arguments in a memo, interpreting ambiguous data, and anticipating stakeholder’s concerns, built judgment.
    — Marlo Lyons, Harvard Business Review, 24 July 2026
Definition of interpreting
Verb
  • Although Hamermesh was speaking in the language of economics, this isn’t too different from some of what Fairyington puts into practice.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • In a court filing Friday, Paramount agreed to slow its roll, legally speaking.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • Over the past several months, startups have stepped in to supply that demand by collecting and annotating videos from thousands of contract workers around the world.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The software covers standard PDF tasks like editing text, inserting images, annotating documents, and merging or splitting files.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of annotating
Verb
  • Paramount executives are certainly talking a big game in public.
    — Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • James wasn’t talking to any team executives about official business.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • The first spends the answer explaining that management never provided the necessary materials, no experienced coworker offered assistance and expectations were unrealistic.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Like with Meta, Microsoft on Wednesday evening needs to do a better job explaining its AI strategy and justifying the massive levels of capex spend.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of explaining
Verb
  • Tim Hawkins as saying that American forces disabled the M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman after the ship attempted to run the blockade at least four times.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 25 July 2026
  • His family and authorities in the area pushed back, saying the substance in white bags was a homemade electrolyte mix his wife prepared for the work crew every day.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Definition of saying
Verb
  • The easy-to-use glossing treatment, which should be applied to damp hair and followed by a blow dryer to activate the frizz-fighting alpha acids, is a semi-permanent smoothing spray that basically creates a water-resistant shield to prevent flyaways—even in the most humid of places.
    — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Critchley, glossing Julian of Norwich, draws a distinction between seeing and seeing through creation, but this is a false dichotomy.
    — Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Definition of glossing
Verb
  • Jiang talked about the purpose of the First Amendment and the intent of the founders, while commenting more generally on the state of the situation rather than call out specific episodes.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • Despite swimming having become one of the central sports in the national debate following the Lia Thomas controversy, Ledecky has largely avoided commenting on political or cultural issues.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of commenting
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