remark
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French remarquer, from re (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.
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remark (plural remarks)
- Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
- 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.
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act of pointing out; notice or observation
expression of something noticed
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[edit] Verb
remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
- (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
- (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.
- (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause
- He remarked that it was time to go.
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to make a remark or remarks; to comment
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to mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly
to take notice of, or to observe, mentally
to express in words or writing, as observed or noticed
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[edit] Etymology 2
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remark (plural remarks)
- A mark that replaces another mark.
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remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- (transitive) To mark again (a piece of work).
[edit] External links
- remark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- remark in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
