remark

Everyday

1. A remark is something you say or write about someone or something, usually short. tree →
2. (verb) To remark is to say what you think or notice. tree →

In the lessons

Used in stories in speech: "she remarked". In manners and safety: "rude remarks" or unkind remarks can hurt feelings; teachers write remarks on reports. Phrases: "make a remark", "a passing remark", "remark on something".

Examples

• He made a rude remark about my shoes. tree →
• "It's cold," she remarked. tree →
• The teacher wrote nice remarks in my report. tree →
• Everyone remarked on how tall he had grown. tree →
• That was a kind remark. tree →
• Ignore unkind remarks and tell an adult if they continue. tree →
• "I don't like that," was the lady's remark. tree →

Note

Countable noun. Adjective "remarkable" means very unusual and worth noticing, not "about a remark". Note: "re-mark" with a hyphen means to mark work again.

In Jewish tradition

Used in stories in speech: "she remarked". In manners and safety: "rude remarks" or unkind remarks can hurt feelings; teachers write remarks on reports. Phrases: "make a remark", "a passing remark", "remark on something".

Examples

• D., remarked very truly in his German preface to the book "Yezirah," published in Leipzig, 1830: "This book is for two reasons highly important: in the first place, that the real Cabala, or mystical (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• He further says: "Many writers have from time to time remarked upon the extraordinary magnitude of the numbers with which we deal in this subject. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Countable noun. Adjective "remarkable" means very unusual and worth noticing, not "about a remark". Note: "re-mark" with a hyphen means to mark work again.