noun / verb · informal
comment
UK/ˈkɒment/US/ˈkɑːment/COM·ment
a remark or observation; (v) to say something about or express an opinion
Examples
“She made a brief comment on the author's conclusions during the discussion.”
“Can you comment on the reliability of these statistics?”
“Students left comments under the article explaining their disagreement.”
Band 8 sentence
“In my review, I commented critically on the methodology, arguing that the sampling procedure biased the results.”
Collocations
- make a comment
- comment on
- critical comment
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'comment about' instead of 'comment on': comment about the process→comment on the process
omit article: 'She made comment about result.'→She made a comment about the result.
use 'remark' as verb without context: 'He remarked that...' → 'He commented that...' misused meaning→He commented that...
Say it for a higher band
5say→6remark→7+comment
Synonyms
remark
note
Easily confused
remark
“He made a brief remark about the weather.”
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