Definition of Remark

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Remark

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.

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Remark Quotations

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
Will Rogers

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
Richard Dawkins

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
Charlie Chaplin

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
Ambrose Bierce

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
Tennessee Williams

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
Willa Cather

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
Brad Paisley

Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work.
Charles Hodge

Remark Translations

remark in Afrikaans is opmerking
remark in Dutch is berisping, aanmerking, standje, blaam
remark in French is remarquent, remarquez, remarque, remarquons
remark in German is Anmerkung {f}, bemerken, Bemerkung, bemerken
remark in Spanish is advertir, apuntar, notar

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