comment

noun

A spoken or written remark.

(uncountable) The act of commenting.

(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.

(linguistics) The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

verb

(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.

(transitive) To remark.

(transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).

(transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

(transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.

Roots

mens-ment · Latin · mind

Synonyms for comment

remarkn commentaryn annotatev commentatev noticen annotationn critiquen statementn noten criticismn scholiumn clarificationn observationn reviewn reportn

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Where does comment come from?

The word comment breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -ment, from Latin mens (“mind”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.