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remark Definition


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remark1
verb
    tr & intr
    1. To notice and comment on it.
      Thesaurus: mention, state, comment, declare, say, mark, note, notice, observe, see, perceive, regard, reflect, speak.
      Form: remark on something (usually)
    2. To make a casual comment.
noun
    1. A comment, often a casual one.
    2. An observation.
      Thesaurus: comment, mention, statement, assertion, opinion, notice, observation, declaration, utterance.
    3. Noteworthiness.
    4. Notice; observation.
    5. A remarque.
Derivative: remarkable
    Worth mentioning or commenting on.
    Unusual; extraordinary.
      Thesaurus: amazing, exceptional, striking, phenomenal, outstanding, rare, wonderful, surprising, extraordinary, singular, distinguished, uncommon, unusual, odd; Antonym: average, commonplace.
Derivative: remarkableness
noun
    Derivative: remarkably
    adverb
      Derivative: remarked
      adj
        Conspicuous.
      Derivative: remarker
      noun
        Etymology: 16c: from French remarquer.





        remark2
        re-mark
        verb
          1. To mark again.
        noun
          1. The act of marking again.
        Etymology: 16c.





        remarque
        remark
        noun
          1. engraving.
            An indication on the edge of a plate that usually takes the form of a small sketch denoting the stage that the engraving has reached.
        Etymology: 19c: French.



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