- commentator (on something) a person who describes an event while it is happening, especially on television or radio
- a television/sports commentator
- He's one of the great sports commentators of our time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sports
- basketball
- cricket
- …
- commentator (on something) a person who is an expert on a particular subject and talks or writes about it on television or radio, in a newspaper or on social media
- She's a political commentator for the BBC.
Extra Examples- Political commentators are predicting that the minister will have to resign.
- a commentator on current affairs
- He is best known as a commentator on culture and the arts.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- influential
- independent
- foreign
- …
- commentator on
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from commentari, frequentative of comminisci ‘devise’.
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