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Another word for remark

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Verb

  1. To state facts, opinions, or explanations

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  2. To perceive with a special effort of the senses or the mind

      1. To have the power to perceive with the eyes:
      2. To consider:
      3. To perceive with the eye:
      1. To watch or be present without participating actively:
      2. To say or mention casually; remark
      3. To be or become aware of, especially through careful and directed attention; notice:
      1. To mention; refer to; comment on
      2. To perceive with the mind; detect:
      3. To take notice of; observe:
      1. To mention particularly
      2. (Obsolete) Contraction of ne mote (“may not").
      3. To show; indicate:
      1. To take notice; give heed:
      2. (Regional) To bring (an object or idea) to mind; remember.
      3. To pay attention to:
      1. To evaluate (academic work) according to a scale of letters or numbers; grade.
      2. To observe; note; take notice of; heed
      3. To give attention to; notice:
      1. To perceive clearly; recognize plainly by any of the senses
      2. To perceive or indicate differences; discriminate:
      3. To separate or mark off by differences; perceive or show the difference in; differentiate
      1. To perceive or recognize the difference
      2. To perceive with the eyes; detect or distinguish:
      3. To separate (a thing) mentally from another or others; recognize as separate or different
      1. To catch or discover, as in a misdeed
      2. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.
      3. To discern (something hidden or subtle):
      1. To discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.
      2. To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect:
      3. To see.
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    knowledge

Noun

  1. The act of noting, observing, or taking into account

      1. A particular point or aspect; respect:
      2. Careful thought or attention; heed:
      3. Consideration; attention; concern
      1. The act or process of perceiving something, such as a phenomenon, often by means of an instrument, and making a record of the resulting information.
      2. The act or practice of noting and recording facts and events, as for some scientific study
      3. The result or record of such an act or process:
      1. The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
      2. (R.C.Ch.) The rule observed by a religious order
      3. (Archaic) Respectful attention; deference
      1. A formal announcement or warning of intention to end an agreement, relation, or contract at a certain time
      2. A written or printed announcement:
      3. Respectful attention or consideration:
      1. The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal:
      2. The sign of a particular quality or emotion:
      3. Notice; heed; observation
      1. A cross or other sign made on a document as a substitute for a signature by a person unable to write
      2. (Computers) A character or feature in a file, record, or data stream used to locate a specific point or condition.
      3. Notice; attention:
      1. Close attention; careful notice
      1. The act of watching or observing.
      2. A taking notice of something; a discovery.
      3. The fact of noticing or observing; a discovery.
      1. The right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction
      2. The range of what one can know or understand.
      3. Observance; notice:
      1. The ability or power to keep the mind on something; the ability to concentrate:
      2. The act of dealing with something or someone; treatment:
      3. Notice or observation:
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    knowledge

  2. An expression of fact or opinion

      1. The act or practice of noting and recording facts and events, as for some scientific study
      2. The data so noted and recorded
      3. The result or record of such an act or process:
      1. The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal:
      2. A brief informal letter:
      3. A promissory note.
      1. A note in explanation, criticism, or illustration of something written or said; annotation
      2. A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.
      3. A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.
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Another word for remark

Noun
      1. A breaking, harshly dissonant vocal tone or sound, as in hoarseness.
      2. A partial split or break; a fissure.
      3. (Slang) Hard, pebblelike pieces of highly purified cocaine prepared for smoking: a highly potent and addictive form of cocaine
      1. Words spoken by an actor in such a way that they are heard by the audience but supposedly not by the other actors
      2. A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.
      3. An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
      1. The act of asserting
      2. Something declared or stated positively, often with no support or attempt at proof.
      1. The act of expressing, conveying, or representing in words, art, music, or movement; a manifestation:
      2. A symbol or set of symbols expressing some mathematical fact, as a quantity or operation
      3. A particular word, phrase, or sentence
      1. A command or direction; an order:
      2. Used euphemistically in combination with the initial letter of a term that is considered offensive or taboo or that one does not want to utter:
      3. Discourse or talk; speech:
      1. The subject of conversation, gossip, etc.
      2. A particular manner of speech:
      3. A particular kind of speech; dialect; lingo
      1. (Law) The findings of a court as to the existence of an alleged fact or the application of a particular law
      2. The last step in a reasoning process; judgment, decision, or opinion formed after investigation or thought
      3. The result or outcome of an act or process:
      1. A clever saying; a witticism.
      2. An apt, clever, or witty remark
      3. A clever saying, phrase or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.
      1. A particular detail or element; item
      2. A separate, distinguishing item or element; a detail:
      3. The position occupied by such a unit or guard:
      1. An example, story, analogy, etc. used to help explain or make something clear
      2. The act of illustrating or the state of being illustrated:
      3. An example that is used to clarify or explain something.
      1. A thought or an opinion resulting from such thinking or consideration:
      2. The result of such thought; idea or conclusion, esp. if expressed in words
      3. Serious thinking or careful consideration:
      1. A brief, often incidental, reference or statement
      2. A statement or citation of honor or appreciation:
      3. The act or an instance of mentioning something:
      1. The sign of a particular quality or emotion:
      2. A brief statement of a fact, experience, etc. written down for review, as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; memorandum
      3. The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal:
      1. An annotating or being annotated
      2. The act or process of furnishing critical commentary or explanatory notes.
      3. A critical or explanatory note; a commentary.
      1. The power or style of speaking
      2. The ability to speak.
      3. That which is uttered; esp., a word or words uttered, whether written or spoken
      1. The act of one who says
      2. A proverb or maxim; something often said.
      1. An abstract of a commercial or financial account showing an amount due; a bill.
      2. The thing stated; account, declaration, assertion, etc.
      3. A formal oral or written declaration, especially with regard to facts or claims:
      1. Something having the force of a comment, remark, or illustration
      2. A narrative of historical events of which one has personal experience:
      3. Explanation or interpretation in the form of a series of comments or observations:
      1. The fact of being seen or noticed
      2. The result or record of such an act or process:
      3. The act or process of perceiving something, such as a phenomenon, often by means of an instrument, and making a record of the resulting information.
      1. A note in explanation, criticism, or illustration of something written or said; annotation
      2. A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.
      3. A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.
Verb
  1. See also:

    say

    comment

Synonym Study

  • Commentary is usually applied as a collective noun to a series of written notes or spoken comments explaining or interpreting something a commentary on Aristotle's Politics, a running commentary on the game
  • A comment is a remark or observation made in explaining, criticizing, or interpreting something comments on a novel
  • An observation is an expression of opinion on something to which one has given some degree of special attention and thought the warden's observations on prison reform
  • Remark applies to a brief, more or less casual statement of opinion, thought, etc. as in momentarily directing one's attention to something a snide remark about his clothes
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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • The same remark applies to Mrs L.

  • Maybe he thought her remark was inappropriate.

  • Already people remark the change in Helen.

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