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Word remark
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / rɪˈmɑːk / NAmE / rɪˈmɑːrk /
Example
  • the judges remarked on the high standard of entries for the competition.
  • she remarked how tired i was looking.
  • ‘it's much colder than yesterday,’ he remarked casually.
  • critics remarked that the play was not original.
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remark

(verb)BrE / rɪˈmɑːk / NAmE / rɪˈmɑːrk /
  1. to say or write a comment about something/somebody
    • synonym comment
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/comment_2
    • The judges remarked on the high standard of entries for the competition.
    • She remarked how tired I was looking.
    • ‘It's much colder than yesterday,’ he remarked casually.
    • Critics remarked that the play was not original.
    • The similarities between the two have often been remarked on.

    Extra Examples

    • He remarked to Jane that he had not heard from Sally for a long time.
    • Several people remarked on her outfit.
    • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.
    • ‘It’s much colder than yesterday,’ he remarked casually.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they remark
    • he / she / it remarks
    • past simple remarked
    • past participle remarked
    • -ing form remarking

    Word Origin

    • late 16th cent. (in sense (2)): from French remarquer ‘note again’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + marquer ‘to mark, note’.
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