remark

noun

A casual observation, comment, or statement

An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something

An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.

Alternative spelling of re-mark. [A mark that replaces another mark.]

(engraving) Alternative form of remarque. [(engraving) A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken.]

verb

(intransitive, with preposition on) To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).

(transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.

(transitive, with clause as object) To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.

Alternative spelling of re-mark. [(transitive) To mark again.]

(obsolete, transitive) To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.

(obsolete, transitive) To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.

Roots

rere- · Latin · again marka-mark · Germanic · mark, sign

Synonyms for remark

commentv noten mentionv noticen observationn insinuationn statementn commentaryn scholiumn criticismn assertionn

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The word remark breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Germanic origin: re-, from Latin re (“again”); and -mark, from Germanic marka (“mark, sign”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.