to do a commentary on a text

  • 1Commentary — may refer to: Play by play commentary, describing sporting events on TV or radio colour commentary, supplementing play by play commentary with talk not directly about play Commentary or narration, the words in a documentary film Commentary… …

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  • 2Text — (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a snare.] 1. A …

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  • 3Text blindness — Text Text (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a… …

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  • 4Text letter — Text Text (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a… …

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  • 5Text pen — Text Text (t[e^]kst), n. [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. {Context}, {Mantle}, n., {Pretext}, {Tissue}, {Toil} a… …

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  • 6text — [tekst] n. [ME < OFr texte < L textus, fabric, structure, text < pp. of texere, to weave: see TECHNIC] 1. the actual structure of words in a piece of writing; wording 2. a) the actual or original words used by an author, as distinguished …

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  • 7commentary — ► NOUN (pl. commentaries) 1) the expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation. 2) a broadcast spoken account of a sports match or other event as it happens. 3) a set of explanatory or critical notes on a text …

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  • 8commentary — [käm′ən ter΄ē] n. pl. commentaries [L commentarius, notebook, annotation < commentari: see COMMENT] 1. a series of explanatory notes or annotations, often forming a treatise on a text 2. a series of remarks or observations, usually connected… …

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  • 9Commentary (philology) — In philology, a commentary is a line by line or even word by word explication usually attached to an edition of a text in the same or an accompanying volume. It may draw on methodologies of close reading and literary criticism, but its primary… …

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  • 10Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid — Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid   Cover showing the author, lef …

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