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re⋅mark
[ri-mahrk] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day. |
| 2. | to note; perceive; observe: I remarked a slight accent in her speech. |
| 3. | Obsolete. to mark distinctively. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to make a remark or observation (usually fol. by on or upon): He remarked on her amazing wit and intelligence. |
–noun
| 5. | the act of remarking; notice. |
| 6. | comment or mention: to let a thing pass without remark. |
| 7. | a casual or brief expression of thought or opinion. |
| 8. | Fine Arts. remarque. |
Origin:
1625–35; (v.) < F remarquer, MF, equiv. to re- re- + marquer to mark 1 ; (n.) < F remarque, deriv. of remarquer
1625–35; (v.) < F remarquer, MF, equiv. to re- re- + marquer to mark 1 ; (n.) < F remarque, deriv. of remarquer
Related forms:
re⋅mark⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
2. heed, regard, notice. 4. comment. 5. regard. 7. Remark, comment, note, observation imply giving special attention, an opinion, or a judgment. A remark is usually a casual and passing expression of opinion: a remark about a play. A comment expresses judgment or explains a particular point: a comment on the author's scholarship. A note is a memorandum or explanation, as in the margin of a page: a note explaining a passage. Observation suggests a comment based on judgment and experience: an observation on social behavior.
2. heed, regard, notice. 4. comment. 5. regard. 7. Remark, comment, note, observation imply giving special attention, an opinion, or a judgment. A remark is usually a casual and passing expression of opinion: a remark about a play. A comment expresses judgment or explains a particular point: a comment on the author's scholarship. A note is a memorandum or explanation, as in the margin of a page: a note explaining a passage. Observation suggests a comment based on judgment and experience: an observation on social behavior.
Antonyms:
2. ignore.
2. ignore.
re⋅marque
[ri-mahrk] –noun Fine Arts.
| 1. | a distinguishing mark or peculiarity indicating a particular stage of a plate. |
| 2. | a small sketch engraved in the margin of a plate, and usually removed after a number of early proofs have been printed. |
| 3. | a plate so marked. |
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| re·mark (rĭ-märk') v. re·marked, re·mark·ing, re·marks v. tr.
To make a comment or observation: remarked on her academic scholarship. n.
[Alteration (influenced by mark1) of French remarquer : Old French re-, re- + Old French marquer, to mark (ultimately from merc, sign, from Old Norse merki, mark; see merg- in Indo-European roots).] re·mark'er n. |
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Remark
Re*mark"\ (r?-m?rk"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remarked (-m?rkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remarking.] [F. remarquer; pref. re- re- + marquer to mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v.& n.]1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. --Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. --Milton. 2. To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker. 3. To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go. Syn: To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say. Usage: Remark, Observe, Notice. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. "Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion." --I. Watts. "He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks." --Collier. "The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child's miscarriage, is what root it springs from." --Locke.Remark
Re*mark"\ (r?-m?rk"), v. i. To make a remark or remarks; to comment.Remark
Re*mark"\, n. [Cf. F. remarque.]1. Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. --Cowper. 2. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark. Syn: Observation; note; comment; annotation.
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Language Translation for : remark
Spanish:
observación, comentario,
German:
die Bemerkung,
Japanese:
発言
remark (v.)
1633, "to mark out, distinguish" modeled on Fr. remarquer "to mark, note, heed," from M.Fr. re-, intensive prefix, + marquer "to mark," probably from a Gmc. source, cf. O.H.G. marchon "to delimit" (see mark). Original sense preserved in remarkable (1604); meaning "make a comment" is first attested c.1694, from notion of "make a verbal observation" or "call attention to specific points." The noun is from 1654.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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