remark
to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
to note; perceive; observe: I remarked a slight accent in her speech.
Obsolete. to mark distinctively.
to make a remark or observation (usually followed by on or upon): He remarked on her amazing wit and intelligence.
the act of remarking; notice.
comment or mention: to let a thing pass without remark.
a casual or brief expression of thought or opinion.
Fine Arts. remarque.
Origin of remark
1synonym study For remark
Other words for remark
Opposites for remark
Other words from remark
- re·mark·er, noun
- un·re·marked, adjective
- well-re·marked, adjective
Words Nearby remark
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How to use remark in a sentence
The remark comes to mind while reading The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness | Ronald K. Fried | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe always claimed that “in England everyone looks as I do, and no one would remark on it.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI would have asked for his name, if not for the comment that followed the concerned remark.
House Speaker John Boehner condemned the remark, but the damage was done.
And the second remark came during the Japanese internment conversation.
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterWhen Grandfather Mole overheard Mrs. Robin making such a remark he would quite likely advise her to "try a smaller one."
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyI made some remark to Masters which led to another from him, and in five minutes' time we were chatting on all sorts of topics.
Uncanny Tales | VariousHe made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for remark
/ (rɪˈmɑːk) /
(when intr , often foll by on or upon ; when tr, may take a clause as object) to pass a casual comment (about); reflect in informal speech or writing
(tr; may take a clause as object) to perceive; observe; notice
a brief casually expressed thought or opinion; observation
notice, comment, or observation: the event passed without remark
engraving a variant spelling of remarque
Origin of remark
1Derived forms of remark
- remarker, noun
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