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| - | # A series of [[comment]]s or [[annotation]]s; especially, a book of [[explanation]]s or [[exposition]]s on the whole or a part of some other work. | + | '''Commentary''' may refer to: |
| - | #: ''This letter . . . was published by him with a severe '''commentary'''.'' -[[w:Henry Hallam|Henry Hallam]]. | + | |
| - | # A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War. | + | *[[Sports commentary|Play-by-play]] commentary, describing sporting events on TV or radio |
| + | **[[Color commentator|Colour commentary]], supplementing play-by-play commentary with talk not directly about play | ||
| + | *Commentary or narration, the words in a [[documentary film]] | ||
| + | *[[Commentary (magazine)|''Commentary'' (magazine)]], a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the [[American Jewish Committee]] | ||
| + | *The [[audio commentary|audio commentary track for DVDs]], an additional audio track that plays in [[Real time (media)|real time]] with video and comments on the video | ||
| + | *[[Political criticism|Political commentary]], criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics | ||
| + | *A literary commentary, or [[close reading]] | ||
| + | *[[Literary criticism]], the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature | ||
| + | *A [[Commentary (philology)|philological commentary]], a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication | ||
| + | *[[Exegesis|Bible commentary]], a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text | ||
| + | **[[List of biblical commentaries]] | ||
| + | **[[Jewish commentaries on the Bible]] | ||
| + | *In [[Theravāda]] [[Buddhism]] commentaries on the [[Pāli Canon]] are known as ''[[atthakatha]]'' | ||
| + | *Informed [[criticism]] | ||
| + | *Topics covered by a [[discussion group]] | ||
| + | *Misspelling of [[Commentry]], a place in central France | ||
| + | *''Commentaries'' is a work attributed to [[Taautus]] | ||
| + | *A number of works by or attributed to [[Julius Caesar]], most notably: | ||
| + | **''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'', "Commentaries on the Gallic War" | ||
| + | **''[[Commentarii de Bello Civili]]'', "Commentaries on the Civil War" | ||
| + | *The ''[[Commentaries on the Laws of England]]'', a 1769 treatise on law | ||
| + | *Commentary! The Musical, the musical commentary accompanying ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'' | ||
| + | *[[In-Theater Audio Commentary]], viewing a film in a theater while listening to commentary on a portable audio player | ||
| - | ===Etymology=== | ||
| - | From Latin ''[[commentarius]]'', {{term|commentarium||note book}}, confer {{etyl|fr}} ''[[commentaire]].'' See [[comment]]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[The Commentaries by Grotius]] | + | *[[Comment]] |
| - | *[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]] | + | *[[Social commentary]] |
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Commentary may refer to:
- Play-by-play commentary, describing sporting events on TV or radio
- Colour commentary, supplementing play-by-play commentary with talk not directly about play
- Commentary or narration, the words in a documentary film
- Commentary (magazine), a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee
- The audio commentary track for DVDs, an additional audio track that plays in real time with video and comments on the video
- Political commentary, criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics
- A literary commentary, or close reading
- Literary criticism, the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
- A philological commentary, a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication
- Bible commentary, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
- In Theravāda Buddhism commentaries on the Pāli Canon are known as atthakatha
- Informed criticism
- Topics covered by a discussion group
- Misspelling of Commentry, a place in central France
- Commentaries is a work attributed to Taautus
- A number of works by or attributed to Julius Caesar, most notably:
- Commentarii de Bello Gallico, "Commentaries on the Gallic War"
- Commentarii de Bello Civili, "Commentaries on the Civil War"
- The Commentaries on the Laws of England, a 1769 treatise on law
- Commentary! The Musical, the musical commentary accompanying Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
- In-Theater Audio Commentary, viewing a film in a theater while listening to commentary on a portable audio player
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