Remark

/ɹɪˈmɑɹk/ · noun

Meaning

An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation..

Definitions by Sense

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
3. A casual observation, comment, or statement
4. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
5. (transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.
8. (transitive, with clause as object) To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.

Example Sentences

It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.

make a remark

pass a remark

a biting remark

a funny remark

a spoken remark

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.

But the journey might have been one of several hours’ duration, without provoking a remark from either; for it was clear that Jonas did not mean to break the silence which prevailed between them, and that it was not, as yet, his dear friend’s cue to tempt them into conversation.

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• remarks
• remarking
• remarked

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