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remark

/ɹɪˈmɑːk//ɹɪˈmɑɹk/

remark noun: an act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation. Also the alternative form of remarque.

Noun

remark (countable and uncountable, plural remarks)

  1. An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
    • It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.1959 June, “Super-railway planned in Japan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 313
  2. An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
    • make a remark
    • pass a remark
  3. A casual observation, comment, or statement
    • He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel

Verb

remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)

  1. (transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.
    • I remarked a certain twang in his southern pronunciation.
    • 'Did you ever remark that door?' he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, 'It is connected in my mind,' added he, 'with a very odd story.'1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Story of the Door”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 5
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.
    • [S]he resolved to […] enter into conversation with her, by remarking the warmth of the room and the length of the dance.1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 19, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume II
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.
    • His manacles remark him; there he sits.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
  4. (transitive) To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.
    • He remarked that it was getting late.
    • Thou art a man remark't to taſt a miſchiefe, / Looke for't; though it come late, it vvill come ſure.c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act II, signature [D4], verso
  5. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).
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Also used as

remark is also the alternative form of remarque.

remark is also the alternative spelling of re-mark.

Examples of remark in a sentence

  • He has been guarded in talking to the press - no doubt remembering the grief that the Hymietown remark brought him during the 1984 campaign.1988 March 11, Don Wycliff, “The Editorial Notebook; The New Jesse Jackson”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Nov...
  • When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248
  • “Let's just be grateful he's alive,” said Kate, and several heads turned sharply, remarking this unaccustomed display of feeling from a Fifth Floor lady.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
  • He looked at me with pity, which caused me to smile, remarking that I had noticed that here and elsewhere in the east, the heroes had monuments or statues erected to their memory[…]1904, Elma MacGibbon, Leaves of Knowledge:

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Synonyms of remark

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Forms of remark

Noun
pluralremarks
Verb
third-person singular presentremarks
present participleremarking
past participleremarked
pastremarked

Past tense of remark: remarked

Plural of remark: remarks

Origin of remark

From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”), equivalent to re- (“again”) + mark.

From re- + mark.

Words formed from remark

Words that rhyme with remark

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Questions about remark

What does remark mean?
Remark means an act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
How do you use remark in a sentence?
He has been guarded in talking to the press - no doubt remembering the grief that the Hymietown remark brought him during the 1984 campaign.
What part of speech is remark?
Remark can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce remark?
Remark is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/ (US).
What is the plural of remark?
The plural of remark is remarks.

Words near remark in the dictionary

  1. remarginalizes
  2. remarginalizing
  3. remargined
  4. remargining
  5. remargins
  6. remark
  7. remark on
  8. remark upon
  9. remarkabilities
  10. remarkability
  11. remarkable

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