commentate

[US]/'kɒmənteɪt/
[UK]/'kɑməntet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to provide commentary; to explain; to make remarks

vi. to provide commentary on current events; to report live
Word Forms
Present Participlecommentating
Past Tensecommentated
Past Participlecommentated
Third Person Singularcommentates
Pluralcommentates

Example Sentences

they commentate on live Monday matches.

A well-known broadcaster has been asked to commentate on the opening ceremony of the national games.

Real-world Examples

Now, I'm going to have to leave you in a moment, because I'm commentating.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

" You'll be up in the Top Box with me—I'm commentating! "

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

He didn't have a clue what was going on in the rest of the game until he heard Lee Jordan, who was commentating, say, Slytherin lead, sixty points to zero.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

" I am going to be sitting outside the doors of the Abbey on a hugely enlarged trestle table commentating to 300 million Americans about this, " one told me.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

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