(politics, law) Input given by the public to governmental (or rarely other) bodies, about proposed legislation or regulation(s), during a period—and by means—set aside and prescribed by law.

plural of public comment

(dated, fandom slang) Correspondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.

(sports, humorous) The supposed propensity of a player to blunder after having their talents pointed out by the commentator.

plural of letter of comment

(programming) A comment in source code that occupies several consecutive lines.

plural of block comment

(programming) A comment in source code that can be interpreted as a directive by some systems, but is ignored by those others that are not aware of the convention; formerly used to overcome compatibility issues between web browsers.

plural of conditional comment

(law) A process of rulemaking in which a proposed rule is published in the Federal Register and is subject to comment by members of the general public.