Word Finder - remark

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

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

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a biting remark

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A casual observation, comment, or statement

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To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

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To express in words or writing; to state; to make a comment

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He remarked that it was getting late.

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To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of

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To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.

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

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(engraving) Any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

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(engraving) A print or proof distinguished by such a mark.

His remark stung, as he'd meant it to.

His remark about how she looked in the swimsuit made it obvious that he saw her as something more than a baby sitter or maid.

Already people remark the change in Helen.

Maybe he thought her remark was inappropriate.

Dean ignored the remark and changed the subject.

The latter alone deserves remark.

Obviously his remark was merely a prelude to a lecture.

Peter the footman made some remark to the coachman; the latter assented.

Obviously he wanted to forget his earlier remark about wanting her.

Rob wasn't the first man to make that kind of remark and he probably wouldn't be the last.

It is sufficient to remark here that the presentation of the sacrifice of the mass came to be viewed as the essential priestly office, so that the Christian presbyter really was a sacerdos in the antique sense.

Countess Mary listened till he had finished, made some remark, and in her turn began thinking aloud.

Back and forth smiles were exchanged and there was an instance of a quiet remark, followed by knowing smiles.

You'd better be careful making that kind of remark.

It is a sufficient answer to remark that on this theory the blue would reach its maximum development in the colour of the setting sun.

Nor does the work get further than the analysis of some propositions into noun and verb with " is " added to the predicated verb; an analysis, however, which was a great logical discovery and led Aristotle further to the remark that " is " does not mean " exists "; e.g.

His Lenten sermon to the council, on justification, caused much remark.

It is worthy of remark that Homer names, as adorning the garden of Alcinous, seven plants only - wild olive, oil olive, pear, pomegranate, apple, fig and vine.

It is interesting to remark how this list represents the Greek colonies, from Libya to Sicily, from the Euxine to the Adriatic. Greece proper, on the other hand, is represented only by Megara and Sicyon.

This remark applies especially to the statement of Thomas Ardsruni, 2 that Moses, like his Hebrew prototype, lived to the age of 120 years, and recorded his own death in a fourth book of his great work.

One general remark, however, may be made here.

The impression created by the conduct of the Light Brigade was forcibly expressed in Tennyson's well-known ballad, and in spite of the equally celebrated remark of the French general Bosquet, C'est magnifique mais ce n'est pas la guerre, it may be questioned whether the moral effect of the charge did not outweigh the very serious loss in trained men and horses involved.

Tombs of saints abound, one or more being found in every town and village; and no traveller up the Nile can fail to remark how every prominent hill has the sepulchre of its patron saint.

One of the audience, with a contemptuous remark, took a handful of pebbles to pelt him with.

Harnack 1 praises Schleiermacher's description of dogmatic as "historical," he rather strains the meaning of the remark, and creates fresh confusion.

The document appears to have been under consideration since the middle of October 1653, but Ludlow says it was "in a clandestine manner carried on and huddled up by two or three persons," a remark probably very near the truth.

The same remark holds good with equal or greater force with respect to the numerous points of mental similarity between the most distinct races of man..

It wasn't the first time he had made a remark that indicated he was less than pleased about the way she dressed.

If, then, this afternoon meal did not include it, Pliny's remark that their food was ordinary and innocent is unintelligible.

Plato (Theaetetus, 15 2 E) puts him at the head of the masters of comedy, coupling his name with Homer and, according to a remark in Diogenes Laertius, Plato was indebted to Epicharmus for much of his philosophy.

Dr Johnson is reported to have said that "Walpole was a minister given by the king to the people, but Pitt was a minister given by the people to the king," and the remark correctly indicates Chatham's distinctive place among English statesmen.

But it is more to the purpose to remark that they were harmonized in a personality of potent and enduring force.

The wing is really eccentric in its nature, a remark which applies also to the rowing feathers of the bird's wing.

The preface is, in fact, only a schedule, without any remark by Confucius himself, giving the names of 100 books, of which it consisted.

But when we meet with a casual remark as to the tendency of the Tasmanians to take wives from other tribes than their own, it seems likely that they had some custom of exogamy which the foreigners did not understand.

The soldiers live by plunder, the monks by alms. The haughtiest Abyssinian is not above begging, excusing himself with the remark, "God has given us speech for the purpose of begging."

The remark may serve to remind us of our modern disadvantage for a full appreciation of Demosthenes.

Catalan being a variety of the langue doc, it will be convenient to note the peculiarities of its phonetics and inflexion as compared with ordinary Provenal, Tonic VowelsWith regard to a, which is pronounced alike in open and close syllables (amar, a m a r e; abre, a r b o r), there is nothing to remark.

Most of the other Monocotyledons call for little remark, though among them is an Iris, a Bromelia and a ginger.

Outside of that remark, the ride to the airport was uneventful and they said their goodbyes to Alondra and Felipa, who stayed until they were ready to board the plane.

Hannah used that smile to charm everyone from waiters to potential boyfriends, but it was nice to have her sister smile at her rather than remark about how disappointed she was.

The remark was glad that sour faced brute Conrad did not wait in ambush for conrad behind the door swung open.

Lindsay Hill As a professional huntsman for nearly 25 years, I feel I am well qualified to remark on the benefits of hunting.

Edwina Currie made some remark about wearing an extra jumper which you have taken out of context.

At one of those times, some people found it their duty to remark, what kind of mother is she?

S tudents used the email discussion list to add or elaborate further on a remark made in the seminar.

I came across an item in which someone made a remark about " Deltic " being the first diesel loco.

But the weakness of Orleans was too palpable, and in a famous remark Mirabeau expressed his utter contempt for him.

It may have been a consciousness of this fact which prompted a remark, made by the Speaker, that Mill's presence in parliament elevated the tone of debate.

Most of them are but luxuries, and there is some degree of truth in the remark of Andreas Wagner in his Report on the Progress of Zoology for 1843, drawn up for the Ray Society (p. 60), that they " are not adapted for the extension and promotion of science, but must inevitably, on account of their unnecessary costliness, constantly tend to reduce the number of naturalists who are able to avail themselves of them, and they thus enrich ornithology only to its ultimate injury."