comment
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• noun
A verbal or written remark expressing an opinion, observation, or reaction.
"The teacher wrote a helpful comment in the margin of the student's essay."
Discussion, gossip, or criticism generated by a particular event or situation.
"The sudden resignation of the director caused a great deal of comment among the staff."
An explanatory note or annotation in computer source code that is ignored by the compiler or interpreter and intended to make the code easier for humans to understand.
"Every complex function in the software codebase should begin with a clear comment explaining its parameters."
• verb
To express an opinion, observation, or reaction in speech or writing about someone or something.
"Several experts were invited to comment on the findings of the environmental report."
To add explanatory notes to computer source code, or to disable a section of code by converting it into a non-executable note (often used with 'out').
"The developer decided to comment out the buggy subroutine while testing the rest of the application."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin commentum ('an invention, contrivance, or interpretation'), from the verb comminisci ('to contrive or devise by careful thought'), combining com- (intensive prefix) and the root men- ('to think', related to mens, 'mind').