Remark Meaning
/ɹɪˈmɑɹk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
nounAn expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
Sentence Examples
Your remark amounts almost to insult.
A casual remark can hurt someone.
There was nothing worthy of remark at the fair.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She is about to ____ that the project is ahead of schedule.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She made a casual ____ about the weather that somehow sparked a heated argument at the dinner table.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”), equivalent to re- (“again”) + mark.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing."
— 1959 June, “Super-railway planned in Japan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 313:
"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."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →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."
— 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
"In campaign speeches, he has called on interest groups that seem to have nothing in common to find common ground. He has been guarded in talking to the press - no doubt remembering the grief that the Hymietown remark brought him during the 1984 campaign."
— 1988 March 11, Don Wycliff, “The Editorial Notebook; The New Jesse Jackson”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2023, A, page 34:
"He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him."
— 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She is about to ____ that the project is ahead of schedule.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She made a casual ____ about the weather that somehow sparked a heated argument at the dinner table.