1.  comment(n = noun.communication) input, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
is a kind of statement
has particulars: ad-lib, courtesy, gambit, ploy, obiter dictum, passing comment, mention, reference, observation, reflection, reflexion, rib, crack, quip, sally, wisecrack, barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam, conversation stopper, stopper, banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude, zinger
Derived forms verb comment₁, verb commentate₂

2.  comment(n = noun.communication) commentary - a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"
is a kind of statement
has particulars: midrash, annotation, notation, note
Derived forms verb comment₃, verb comment₂, verb commentate₁

3.  comment(n = noun.communication) gossip, scuttlebutt - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
is a kind of account, report
has particulars: earful, hearsay, rumor, rumour, grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth, dirt, malicious gossip, scandal, talk, talk of the town

1.  comment(v = verb.communication) notice, point out, remark - make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
is one way to mention, note, observe, remark
Derived forms noun comment₁, noun commentary₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  comment(v = verb.communication) - explain or interpret something;
is one way to explain, explicate
Derived form noun comment₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  comment(v = verb.communication) annotate, gloss - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
is one way to interpret, rede
Derived form noun comment₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon. [1913 Webster]
"A physician to comment on your malady." [1913 Webster]
"Critics . . . proceed to comment on him." [1913 Webster]
"I must translate and comment." [1913 Webster]

   To comment on. Fuller. [1913 Webster]

1.  A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. [1913 Webster]
"Their lavish comment when her name was named." [1913 Webster]

2.  A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. [1913 Webster]
"All the volumes of philosophy,
With all their comments." [1913 Webster]

comment, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a remark, esp. critical; an opinion (passed a comment on her hat). b commenting; criticism (his behaviour aroused much comment; an hour of news and comment).
2 a an explanatory note (e.g. on a written text). b written criticism or explanation (e.g. of a text).
3 (of a play, book, etc.) a critical illustration; a parable (his art is a comment on society).
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by on, upon, or that + clause) make (esp. critical) remarks (commented on her choice of friends).
2 (often foll. by on, upon) write explanatory notes.

Idiom:
no comment colloq. I decline to answer your question.

Derivative:
commenter n.

Etymology:
ME f. L commentum contrivance (in LL also = interpretation), neut. past part. of comminisci devise, or F commenter (v.)

N  reasoning ratiocination rationalism, dialectics, induction, generalization, discussion, comment, ventilation, inquiry, argumentation, controversy, debate, polemics, wrangling, contention, logomachy, disputation, disceptation, paper war, art of reasoning, logic, process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning, deduction, induction, abduction, synthesis, analysis, argument, case, plaidoyer, opening, lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle, inference, prosyllogism, syllogism, enthymeme, sorites, dilemma, perilepsis, a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum, horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem, comprehensive argument, empirema, epagoge, reasoner, logician, dialectician, disputant, controversialist, controvertist, wrangler, arguer, debater polemic, casuist, rationalist, scientist, eristic, logical sequence, good case, correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning, persuasory reasoning, consectary reasoning, conclusive, subtle reasoning, force of argument, strong point, strong argument, persuasive argument, arguments, reasons, pros and cons, reasoning, rationalistic, argumentative, controversial, dialectic, polemical, discursory, discursive, disputatious, Aristotelian, eristic, eristical, debatable, controvertible, logical, relevant, for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since, sith, then thence so, for that reason, for this reason, for which reason, for as, inasmuch as, whereas, ex concesso, considering, in consideration of, therefore, wherefore, consequently, ergo, thus, accordingly, a fortiori, in conclusion, in fine, finally, after all, au bout du compt, on the whole, taking one thing with another, ab actu ad posse valet consecutio, per troppo dibatter la verita si perde, troppo disputare la verita fa errare.

VB  judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.

N  interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.

comment upon, passing comment