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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>COMMENTV</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="commentary"> commentary, noun, pl. -taries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a series of comments. Ex. a news or sports commentary on radio or television. (Figurative.) She kept up a running commentary as the club members entered. <DD> 2. a series of notes explaining the hard parts of a book; explanation. Ex. Some Bibles have commentaries at the back that give the reader information and help. <DD> 3. an explanatory essay or treatise. Ex. Many volumes have been written by way of commentary on Dante and his book (Thomas Carlyle). expr. commentaries, a record of facts or events; historical records; memoirs. Ex. the Commentaries of Caesar. </DL> <A NAME="commentate"> commentate, intransitive verb, transitive verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to write, make, or furnish with comments. noun commentation. </DL> <A NAME="commentator"> commentator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who reports or comments on news, sporting events, plays, concerts, or other things. Ex. a radio or television commentator. <DD> 2. a writer of comments or annotations; annotator. </DL> <A NAME="commentatorial"> commentatorial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characteristic of a commentator or commentators. </DL> <A NAME="commentvousportezvous?"> comment vous portez-vous?,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) how do you do? </DL> <A NAME="commerce"> commerce, noun, verb, -merced, -mercing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. buying and selling in large amounts between different places; business; trade. Ex. Commerce exists because of the desire of individuals and countries having different goods to exchange their surplus for the surplus of some other people (Finch and Trewartha). (SYN) dealings, traffic. <DD> b. things, such as ships or messages, that represent such trade. Ex. Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails (Tennyson). <DD> 2. social dealings. Ex. The old farmer had little commerce with his neighbors. <DD> 3. spiritual communion. Ex. A witch was said to have commerce with the Devil. <DD> 4. =sexual intercourse. <DD>v.i. 1. (Archaic.) to have social dealings. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to carry on trade. </DL> <A NAME="commercial"> commercial, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having to do with trade or business. Ex. a store or other commercial establishment, commercial gain. The commercial terminals in Metropolitan New York include the water-front freight terminals of the railroads and the docks and piers of the steamship companies (Colby and Foster). <DD> 2. made to be sold for a profit. Ex. Anything you can buy in a store is a commercial product. <DD> 3. supported by an advertiser or sponsor. Ex. a commercial television program. <DD> 4. engaged in commerce. Ex. New York City is a great commercial center. (SYN) mercantile. <DD> 5. for business purposes, especially in advertising. Ex. a commercial message on TV. <DD> 6. not perfectly or chemically pure. Ex. commercial silver. <DD> 7. of an average or low quality sufficient only to be sold in large quantity, or at a reduced price, or for use by business, especially to manufacture other products. Ex. commercial diamonds, commercial beef. <DD>noun 1. an advertisement on radio or television. <DD> 2. (British Informal.) traveling salesman. adv. commercially. </DL> <A NAME="commercialagency"> commercial agency,<DL COMPACT><DD> a concern which investigates, for the benefit of its subscribers, the financial standing, reputation, and credit rating of individuals, firms, corporations, andothers engaged in business; mercantile agency. </DL> <A NAME="commercialart"> commercial art,<DL COMPACT><DD> art used in business, especially for advertising. Commercial art includes designing, drawing, photography, and other art work. </DL> <A NAME="commercialattache"> commercial attache,<DL COMPACT><DD> an officer attached to an embassy or legation as the business and trade representative of his country. </DL> <A NAME="commercialbank"> commercial bank,<DL COMPACT><DD> a bank that renders all or most banking services, as distinguished from savings banks and other specialized banks. </DL> <A NAME="commercialbreak"> commercial break, =commercial (n. def. 1).</DL> <A NAME="commercialfertilizer"> commercial fertilizer,<DL COMPACT><DD> a chemically manufactured fertilizer, as distinguished from an organic substance, such as manure. Ex. A commercial fertilizer is considered "complete" if it contains nitrate, phosphate, and potash (Colby and Foster). </DL> <A NAME="commercialise"> commercialise, transitive verb, -ised, -ising.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) commercialize. </DL> <A NAME="commercialism"> commercialism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the methods and spirit of commerce. Ex. Making money is often the only object of commercialism. Since primitive men traded sea shells, commercialism has existed in some form. <DD> 2. the commercial attitude, especially as a dominant characteristic of an age or country. Ex. Commercialism today is infecting even our children, who cry for the cereal their favorite TV hero eats. <DD> 3. a business custom. <DD> 4. an expression used in business. noun commercialist. </DL> <A NAME="commercialistic"> commercialistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with commercialism or commerce. </DL> <A NAME="commerciality"> commerciality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> commercial character or spirit. </DL> <A NAME="commercialization"> commercialization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of commercializing. <DD> 2. the state of being commercialized. Ex. Commercialization of that American institution--the political convention--this year promises to reach the zenith, or nadir, depending on how you look at it (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="commercialize"> commercialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make a matter of business or trade. Ex. Charging admission to church services would commercialize religion. If we are going to be patrons of art, business reasoned, we must not ... "commercialize" art (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="commerciallaw"> commercial law,<DL COMPACT><DD> the body of principles and rules by which rights and obligations in commercial transactions are determined; business law. </DL> <A NAME="commercialletterofcredit"> commercial letter of credit, =letter of credit.</DL> <A NAME="commercialpaper"> commercial paper,<DL COMPACT><DD> any negotiable draft, note, bill, or other instrument of credit given in the course of business. </DL> <A NAME="commercialtraveler"> commercial traveler, =traveling salesman.</DL> <A NAME="commere"> commere, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman compere. </DL> <A NAME="commers"> commers, noun. =kommers.</DL> <A NAME="commie"> commie (1) or Commie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a Communist or Communist sympathizer. Ex. One of Italy's best-known firms recently fired the card-carrying Commie who was its personnel chief (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="commie"> commie (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a marble in the game of marbles, especially one used as the object of a shot; common playing marble. </DL> <A NAME="comminate"> comminate, verb, -nated, -nating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to threaten; denounce; anathematize. <DD>v.i. to utter threats or anathemas. </DL> <A NAME="commination"> commination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a threat; denunciation. <DD> 2. a recital of divine threats against sinners in the Church of England. </DL> <A NAME="comminatory"> comminatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> threatening; denunciatory. </DL> <A NAME="commingle"> commingle, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -gled, -gling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to mingle with one another; blend. Ex. A yell of such terror and woe and wrath, all commingled (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton). As incapable of commingling as oil and water (John L. Motley). (SYN) commix. Also, comingle. noun comminglement. </DL> <A NAME="comminute"> comminute, transitive verb, -nuted, -nuting.<DL COMPACT><DD> to reduce to a powder or small fragments; pulverize. (SYN) triturate. </DL> <A NAME="comminutedfracture"> comminuted fracture,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fracture in which a bone is shattered or splintered. </DL> <A NAME="comminution"> comminution, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. reduction to a powder or small fragments; pulverization. <DD> 2. (Surgery.) the fracture of a bone into several pieces. </DL> <A NAME="commis"> commis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a clerk; deputy. Ex. I began in the kitchen and later became a commis and a waiter (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="commiserate"> commiserate, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to feel or express sorrow for another's suffering or trouble; pity; sympathize. Ex. Next to the poor farmer, the voter who seems likely to be commiserated with most at this session of Congress is the poor taxpayer (Newsweek). (SYN) condole. adv. commiseratingly. noun commiserator. </DL> <A NAME="commiseration"> commiseration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> pity; sympathy. Ex. Mutual commiseration was the chief bond of their friendship. (SYN) condolence, compassion. </DL> <A NAME="commiserative"> commiserative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> commiserating; compassionate. adv. commiseratively. </DL> <A NAME="commissar"> commissar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. the head of a government department in the former Soviet Union. The title of Commissar or People's Commissar was replaced by Minister in 1946. <DD> b. a government official of the former Soviet Union in charge of Communist organization and indoctrination, especially in the army. Army commissars were replaced by political instructors in 1942. <DD> c. any similar government official in Communist countries other than the former Soviet Union. <DD> 2. a commissary; deputy. </DL> <A HREF="commissi.dic">NEXT</A>