1. A statement that expresses a personal opinion, belief or adds information
   "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account";
   - remark, input
    
2. A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
   "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal";
   - commentary
    
3. A report (often malicious) about the behaviour of other people
   "The office was full of malicious comment about the new hire";
   - gossip, scuttlebutt [N. Amer, informal], goss [Brit, informal]
    
4. (computer programming) a piece of explanatory text (which is not itself executed) in source code
   "She added comments to her code to explain complex functions"

1. Make or write a comment on
   "he commented the paper of his colleague";
   - notice, remark, point out
    
2. Explain or interpret something
   "The professor commented on the poem's structure"; "She commented on the latest political developments"
    
3. Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
   "He commented on what his teacher had written";
   - gloss, annotate

Derived forms: comments, commenting, commented

Type of: account, explain, explicate, interpret, mention, note, observe, rede [archaic], remark, report, statement

Encyclopedia: Comment