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English
Etymology 1
From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.
Pronunciation
Noun
remark (countable and uncountable, plural remarks)
- An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
1959 June, “Super-railway planned in Japan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 313:It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.
- An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
- make a remark
- pass a remark
- a biting remark
- a funny remark
- a spoken remark
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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.
1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1844, →OCLC: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.
- A casual observation, comment, or statement
2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel:He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.
- (engraving) Alternative form of remarque
Related terms
Translations
act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation
- Armenian: դիտողություն (hy) (ditoġutʻyun)
- Bulgarian: отбелязване n (otbeljazvane)
- Danish: påpegning c, observation c, bemærkning c
- Finnish: huomautus (fi), huomio (fi), havainto (fi)
- French: remarque (fr) f
- Hungarian: észrevétel (hu), észrevevés (hu)
- Italian: considerazione (it) f, caveat (it)
- Japanese: 注意 (ja) (ちゅうい, chūi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: merknad m
- Nynorsk: merknad m
- Portuguese: observação (pt) f, observar (pt), notar (pt)
- Romanian: remarcă (ro) f, observație (ro) f
- Russian: замеча́ние (ru) n (zamečánije)
- Spanish: acotación (es) f, apunte (es) m, observación (es) f
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Verb
remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- (transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.
- 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248:
- When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:“Let's just be grateful he's alive,” said Kate, and several heads turned sharply, remarking this unaccustomed display of feeling from a Fifth Floor lady.
- (obsolete, transitive) To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.
1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 19, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume II:[S]he resolved to […] enter into conversation with her, by remarking the warmth of the room and the length of the dance.
- (obsolete, transitive) To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.
- (transitive, with clause as object) To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.
He remarked that it was getting late.
c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore , London: Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, , published 1633, →OCLC, Act II, signature , verso:Thou art a man remark't to taſt a miſchiefe, / Looke for't; though it come late, it vvill come ſure.
1904, Elma MacGibbon, Leaves of Knowledge:He looked at me with pity, which caused me to smile, remarking that I had noticed that here and elsewhere in the east, the heroes had monuments or statues erected to their memory […]
- (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).
Translations
(obsolete in English) to pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out
— see point out
(obsolete in English) to mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable
— see also distinguish
to express in words or writing; to state, as an observation
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Etymology 2
re- + mark
Pronunciation
Noun
remark (plural remarks)
- Alternative spelling of re-mark
Verb
remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- Alternative spelling of re-mark
Further reading
- “remark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “remark”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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