Remark

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈmɑː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

From Old French remarquer, from re- ("again") + marquer ("to mark"); see mark.

Full definition of remark

Noun

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.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 3, 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.

Related terms

• remarkable

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
2. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
• FordThou art a man remarked to taste a mischief.
• MiltonHis manacles remark him; there he sits.
3. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
• 1886, w, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connect in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."
4. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clauseHe remarked that it was time to go.

Pronunciation

- + mark

Noun

1. A mark that replaces another mark.

Verb

1. (transitive) To mark again (a piece of work).

Anagrams

• Kramer, marker