{
    "term": "commentary",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a spoken description of an event that is given while it is happening, especially on the radio or television",
            "sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sports commentary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was listening to the radio commentary on the game."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The station provided live commentary on the African Nations Cup."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["brief", "live", "running"],
                "verb + commentary": ["do", "give", "keep up"],
                "commentary + noun": ["box", "track"],
                "preposition": ["commentary on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a written explanation or discussion of something such as a book or a play",
            "sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a critical commentary on the final speech of the play"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The deleted scenes have an optional commentary by the director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wrote a commentary on Paul's Letters to the Romans."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["detailed", "critical", "political"],
                "verb + commentary": ["provide", "offer", "write"],
                "preposition": ["commentary on"],
                "phrases": ["be a sad commentary (on something)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a criticism or discussion of something",
            "sensetop": "commentary (on something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The petty quarrels were a sad commentary on the state of the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie is a biting commentary on contemporary life in a big city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "political commentary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel provides a powerful social commentary on post-war Germany."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film is part love story and part social commentary."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["detailed", "critical", "political"],
                "verb + commentary": ["provide", "offer", "write"],
                "preposition": ["commentary on"],
                "phrases": ["be a sad commentary (on something)"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒməntri/",
                "audio": "co/commentary/commentary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmənteri/",
                "audio": "co/commentary/commentary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin commentarius, commentarium (adjective, used as a noun), from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise’."
}