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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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