Definition of
Remark
- (noun, cognition) explicit notice
- (noun, communication) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
- (verb, communication) make mention of
They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing - (verb, communication) make or write a comment on
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Alternate forms of Remark
Derivations: remark
Hyponyms: ad-lib, banality, barb, bromide, cliche, comment, commonplace, conversation stopper, courtesy, crack, criticise, criticize, dig, gambit, gibe, jibe, kibbitz, kibitz, knock, mention, notice, obiter dictum, observation, passing comment, pick apart, platitude, ploy, point out, quip, reference, reflection, reflexion, remark, rib, sally, shaft, shot, slam, stopper, wisecrack, zinger
Hypernyms: mention, note, notice, observance, observation, observe, remark, say, state, statement, tell
Origin of the word 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 observat… more
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Words that sound like Remark
re-emerge, rein orchis, remarriage, remorse, rima oris, roman arch, run a risk
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