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Definition of "commentate" [com•men•tate]

  • To serve as commentator. (verb-intransitive)
  • To make a running commentary on. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "commentate" in a sentence
  • "It is beyond me why Bill Bennett gets to sit and commentate on CNN shows with some brilliant legal minds, when he is clearly a judgemental bigot himself."
  • "Hunt, meanwhile, will have his talents heard by a wider range of listeners having been called up by 5 Live to commentate on the equestrian events and the modern pentathlon at next year's Olympics."
  • "On the baize, the balls roll on, but the former stars who now commentate cannot resist blathering about the Jester from Leicester or the Wizard of Wishaw."