remark

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Old French remarquer < re (“‘again’”) + marquer (“‘to mark’”); see mark.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪ'mɑː(r)k/
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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

[edit] Noun

remark (plural remarks)

1. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
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.

[edit] Related terms

• remarkable

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

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

1. To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
2. To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
3. To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.
4. 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.
5. To mark again (a piece of work).

[edit] Translations

• Czech: poznamenat cs(cs)
• Danish: bemærke; sige
• Dutch: opmerken; bemerken

[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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aekmrr
• Kramer
• marker