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comment

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɛnt/

The English word “comment” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A spoken or written remark.
  2. The act of commenting.
  3. The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
  4. 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.

verb

  1. To remark.
  2. To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
  3. To comment or remark on.
  4. To insert comments into (source code).
  5. To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

Etymology

From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).

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