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remark
[ ri-mahrk ]
verb (used with object)
- to say casually, as in making a comment:
Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
- to note; perceive; observe:
I remarked a slight accent in her speech.
Synonyms: notice, regard, heed
Antonyms: ignore
- Obsolete. to mark distinctively.
verb (used without object)
- to make a remark or observation (usually followed by on or upon ):
He remarked on her amazing wit and intelligence.
Synonyms: comment
remark
/ rɪˈmɑːk /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by on or upon; when tr, may take a clause as object to pass a casual comment (about); reflect in informal speech or writing
- tr; may take a clause as object to perceive; observe; notice
noun
- a brief casually expressed thought or opinion; observation
- notice, comment, or observation
the event passed without remark
- engraving a variant spelling of remarque
Derived Forms
- reˈmarker, noun
Other Words From
- re·marker noun
- unre·marked adjective
- well-re·marked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of remark1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Northam made the remarks at an afternoon news briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.
In March, she made a similar remark, only this time specifying that all 3,000 SIAs were stopped at the southern border.
In a phone interview, Jang remembered being surprised by the remark.
Putting aside Drew Brees’s advanced age — and the chemistry fallout from his ill-advised remarks in June — he still ranks as the second-best QB in the league and leads one of the NFL’s best groups of offensive weapons.
Last summer, when I told friends and family that I’d be rafting 225 miles from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Creek, Arizona, on the Colorado River, I received all kinds of remarks.
The remark comes to mind while reading The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.
He always claimed that “in England everyone looks as I do, and no one would remark on it.”
I would have asked for his name, if not for the comment that followed the concerned remark.
House Speaker John Boehner condemned the remark, but the damage was done.
And the second remark came during the Japanese internment conversation.
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
He obeyed without remark, though with an unsteady voice, as he uttered communications he knew were so hostile to her expectation.
When Grandfather Mole overheard Mrs. Robin making such a remark he would quite likely advise her to "try a smaller one."
I made some remark to Masters which led to another from him, and in five minutes' time we were chatting on all sorts of topics.
He made no further remark as they descended the darker section of the stair, and she could think of nothing to say to him.
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