Meaning of running commentary | Babel Free

Definitions

A continuous verbal, or written description of events as they happen.

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Examples

“It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.””

“Observations were made using a running commentary, which consisted mainly of a list of coded behaviour items.”

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