remark
Use Remark in a sentence
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 followed 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.) < French remarquer, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + marquer to mark1; (noun) < French remarque, derivative of remarquer
1625–35; (v.) < French remarquer, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + marquer to mark1; (noun) < French remarque, derivative of remarquer
Related forms
re·mark·er, noun
un·re·marked, adjective
well-re·marked, adjective
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.
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remark (rɪˈmɑːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr | |
| 1. | to pass a casual comment (about); reflect in informal speech or writing |
| 2. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to perceive; observe; notice |
| —n | |
| 3. | a brief casually expressed thought or opinion; observation |
| 4. | notice, comment, or observation: the event passed without remark |
| 5. | engraving a variant spelling of remarque |
| [C17: from Old French remarquer to observe, from | |
| re'marker | |
| —n | |
| remarque or remark (rɪˈmɑːk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a mark in the margin of an engraved plate to indicate the stage of production of the plate. It is removed before the plate is finished |
| 2. | a plate so marked |
| 3. | a print or proof from a plate so marked |
| [C19: from French; see | |
| remark or remark | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French; see | |
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Word Origin & History
remark
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.
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Example sentences
Take the student's remark as a compliment or a mere observation, not a negative judgment.
Maybe the article should have included a remark about how much money is spent on defense during peacetime.
If a computer cannot understand the context of a remark it will produce gibberish.
Perry's remark was quite factual and straight-forward.
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