(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ on something, you give your opinion about it or you give an explanation for it.
Stratford police refuse to ~ on whether anyone has been arrested...
You really can’t ~ till you know the facts...
‘I’m always happy with new developments,’ he ~ed...
Stuart ~ed that this was very true.
VERB: V on n/wh, V, V with quote, V that
2.
A ~ is something that you say which expresses your opinion of something or which gives an explanation of it.
He made his ~s at a news conference in Amsterdam...
There’s been no ~ so far from police about the allegations...
Lady Thatcher, who is abroad, was not available for ~.
N-VAR
3.
If an event or situation is a ~ on something, it reveals something about that thing, usually something bad.
He argues that family problems are typically a ~ on some unresolved issues in the family.
= reflection
N-SING: usu a N on n
4.
People say ‘no ~’ as a way of refusing to answer a question, usually when it is asked by a journalist.
No ~. I don’t know anything.
CONVENTION