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noun

1. A narrative of experiences undergone by the writer. memoir, reminiscence (often used in plural). See words.
2. Critical explanation or analysis: annotation, comment, exegesis, interpretation, note. See words.

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• Broadcast Journalism - commentary: editorial analysis and interpretation of news
• Judgments and Critiques - commentary: explanation and evaluation, usu. written

Look up commentaries or commentary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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 US 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
  • List of biblical commentaries
  • Jewish commentaries on the Bible
• In Theravada Buddhism commentaries on the Pali Canon are known as atthakatha
• Informed criticism
• Topics covered by a discussion group
• Misspelling of Commentry, a place in 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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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kommentar, reportage

Nederlands (Dutch)
commentaar, exegese, verklaring, verslag

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Radio, TV) commentaire, (Journ) analyse, (Littérat) commentaire de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kommentar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχόλιο, (επεξηγηματική ή κριτική) παρατήρηση, (για εκπομπή κάλυψης γεγονότος) περιγραφή

Italiano (Italian)
commento, commentario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - comentário (m), memorial (m), anotação (f)

Русский (Russian)
комментарий

Español (Spanish)
n. - comentario, reportaje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kommentar, redogörelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
注释, 批评, 评论

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 注釋, 批評, 評論

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주석서, 시사해설, 실록

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 注釈, 注解, 論評, 批評, 実況放送

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعليق, تفسير, تأويل, شرح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרשנות, פירוש‬