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commentary (iou) and Mr (oh)


commentary (iou)



commentary noun & verb. LME.
[Latin commentarius, -ium use as noun (sc. liber book, volumen volume) of adjective from commentari: see COMMENT verb, -ARY1.]
A. noun.
An expository treatise; a series of comments or annotations on a text. LME.
b. Chiefly Hist. A memoir, an informal historical record. Usu. in pl. L15.
c. A spoken description of an event, performance, etc., accompanying a Radio or Television broadcast, a cinema Film, etc. L19.
running commentary: see RUNNING ppl adjective.
transf. & fig. A comment, a remark, an illustration. M16.
T. Gunn There will be no speech from / the scaffold, the scene must / be its own commentary.
Exposition, annotation, systematic commenting, acting as commentator. M17.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Comment (up)on. Only in E17.
verb trans. Annotate. rare. M17.

Mr (oh)



used before a man's family name to be polite when you are speaking to him, Writing to him, or talking about him
::Mr Smith is the headteacher.
::Mr. John Smith
::Mr and Mrs Smith
used when speaking to a man in an official position
::Mr Chairman
::Mr. President
-see also madam (3)
Mr Right
a man who would be the perfect husband for a particular woman
::She's finally found Mr. Right.
Mr Big
informal the leader or most important person in a group, especially a criminal group
Mr Clean
informal someone who is honest and always obeys the law
Mr Sarcasm/Mr Messy/Mr Forgetful etc
spoken used humorously to say that someone has a particular quality or behaves in a particular way
::I don't think we need any comments from Mr Sarcasm here.
-see also no more Mr Nice Guy! at guy (5)