remark

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English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Noun

remark (countable and uncountable, plural remarks)

1. An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
2. An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something

   make a remark

   pass a remark

   a biting remark

   a funny remark

   a spoken remark
3. A casual observation, comment, or statement
4. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque

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Translations

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. [from 16th c.]

   I remarked a certain twang in his southern pronunciation.

   • 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248:

     When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out. [16th–18th c.]
3. (obsolete, transitive) To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable. [17th c.]
4. (transitive, with clause as object) To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation. [from 17th c.]
5. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something). [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

• remark on
• remark upon

Translations

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ mark.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiˈmɑɹk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Noun

remark (plural remarks)

1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

Further reading

• “remark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “remark”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kramer, marker