{
    "term": "commentator",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who describes an event while it is happening, especially on television or radio",
            "sensetop": "commentator (on something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **television/sports commentator**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's one of the great sports commentators of our time."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["sports", "basketball", "cricket"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who is an expert on a particular subject and talks or writes about it on television or radio, in a newspaper or on social media",
            "sensetop": "commentator (on something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a political commentator for the BBC."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Political commentators are predicting that the minister will have to resign."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a commentator on current affairs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is best known as a commentator on culture and the arts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["influential", "independent", "foreign"],
                "preposition": ["commentator on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒmənteɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "co/commentator/commentator__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːmənteɪtər/",
                "audio": "co/commentator/commentator__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin, from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise’."
}