comment

Meanings

Noun

  • A spoken or written remark.
  • The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
  • A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.

Verb

  • To remark.
  • To make remarks or notes.
  • To comment or remark on.
  • To insert comments into (source code).
  • To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

Origin

  • From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment, from Late Latin commentum, from Classical Latin commentum.
  • From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentor.

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