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commentating

commentating is the present participle and gerund of commentate.

Meaning of commentate

Verb

commentate (third-person singular simple present commentates, present participle commentating, simple past and past participle commentated)

  1. (intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.
    • For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.

Questions about commentating

What is commentating the present participle and gerund of?
Commentating is the present participle and gerund of commentate.

Words near commentating in the dictionary

  1. commentary box
  2. commentary boxes
  3. commentate
  4. commentated
  5. commentates
  6. commentating
  7. commentation
  8. commentations
  9. commentative
  10. commentator
  11. commentator's curse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commentating (page history and authors); commentate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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